ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,282, issued on June 2, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Method to select the smoke treating unit of a roasting apparatus" was invented by Flavien Florent Dubief (Champagne, Switzerland), Stefano Ceccaroli (Chavornay, Switzerland), Joel Morend (Chatonnaye, Switzerland), Thomas Rudi S. Degreef (Grimbergen, Belgium), Ben Van Dyck (Brecht, Belgium) and Jochem David Grietens (Keerbergen, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a method to select the smoke treating unit (3) of a system (1) of a roasting apparatus (2) and an associated smoke treating unit when said system is used i...