ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,280, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to WEBER FOOD TECHNOLOGY SE & Co. KG (Breidenbach, Germany).

"Handling of food products" was invented by Christoph Kuhmichel (Bad Laasphe, Germany), Marco Nichau (Bad Laasphe, Germany), Franziska Rupp (Breidenbach, Germany), Andreas Runkel (Biedenkopf, Germany), Matthias Rink (Bad Endbach, Germany) and Michael Knauf (Amoneburg-Mardorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method of handling food products, in which at least one respective product is placed onto a carrier that has a base and a tab pivotable relative to the base about a kink line, the carrier together w...