ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,942, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SANYO FOODS Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Method for producing noodle strands with wavy cross-section" was invented by Yoshiaki Nagayama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for producing noodle strands with which it is possible to reduce or prevent adhesion of wide noodle strands to each other. The method for producing noodle strands with a wavy cross-section comprises the preparation of a noodle strip and the cutting of the noodle strip into noodle strands using a cutting blade device. The cutting blade device has a pair of cutting blade rolls. The cutting blade rolls each have mul...