ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,669, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Shandong, China), QINGDAO HUANGHAI UNIVERSITY (Shandong, China) and QINGDAO JIMO QINGLI INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Shandong, China).

"Intelligent separation method for peanut kernel and red coat" was invented by Mingzheng Liu (Shandong, China), Changhe Li (Shandong, China), Jixin Liu (Shandong, China), Yanbin Zhang (Shandong, China), Xiaoming Wang (Shandong, China), Yujie Chen (Shandong, China) and Kang Li (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intelligent separation method of peanut kernel and red coat, feeding peanuts...