ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,840, issued on July 14, was assigned to POSS DESIGN Ltd. (Oakville, Canada).

"Apparatus and method for separating meat from bone" was invented by Kenneth Benjamin Gulak (Oakville, Canada) and Neil Metcalfe (Oakville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for separating meat from bone. Meat-laden bones are fed to a compression screw rotating within a barrel. The compression screw and the barrel cooperate to progressively compress the meat-laden bones to force the meat-laden bones radially outward against an inner wall of the barrel as the meat-laden bones move axially along the compression screw. At least a por...