ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,151, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Method to check a coffee beans roasting system" was invented by Joel Morend (Chatonnaye, Switzerland), Flavien Florent Dubief (Champagne, Switzerland), Thomas Rudi S. Degreef (Grimbergen, Belgium), Michiel Alexander Celis (Deurne, Belgium), Rien Denise M. Lemmens (Boechout Antwerp, Belgium) and Maxime Baekelandt (Ghent, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a method to check a roasting system (10), said system comprising: a roasting apparatus (2), said apparatus producing smoke, and-a smoke treating unit (3) configu...