ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,509, issued on April 14, was assigned to STEPAC L.A. LTD. (Tefen, Israel).
"System and method for packaging produce" was invented by Ivo Tunchel (Sao Paulo), Gary Ward (Tefen, Israel) and Asaf Shachnai (Tefen, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure generally relates to a system and method to pack and convey fresh produce, in particular, for flow packing produce with an aerated packaging material into package bundles of produce prior to sealing thereof for handling and delivery."
The patent was filed on Nov. 29, 2022, under Application No. 18/715,822.
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