ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,983, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Pearson Inc. (Sioux Falls, S.D.).

"Milling apparatus and method" was invented by Roy Olson (Sioux Falls, S.D.), Joshua Tracy (Harrisburg, S.D.) and Alex Pearson (Harrisburg, S.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for grinding particles may include a roller mill apparatus with a pair of mill rolls, a motor assembly for rotating the mill rolls, and a controller assembly for controlling aspects of operation of the roller mill apparatus. The controller assembly may include a size detection sensor for detecting a particle size of material moving through the apparatus, and processing circuitry ...