US Patent Issued to RIVERHALL CAPITAL on July 14 for "Method of dehydrating wine grapes and other foods" (Georgia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,842, issued on July 14, was assigned to RIVERHALL CAPITAL LLC (Fernandina Beach, Fla.).

"Method of dehydrating wine grapes and other foods" was invented by Christopher Upton Cates (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of dehydrating seeded wine grapes that are intact, attached to a steam, and that have a fruit matrix containing seeds is described that includes providing air movement using a dehydration device over the seeded wine grapes at a temperature between 135 and 200 degrees F. to extract water through pores of the seeded wine grape, and cooling the seeded wine grapes to room temperature, thereby concentrating nutrie...