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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2006
Applicants:
David R. Mckenna, Benton, KS (US);
Paul B. Hiemenz, Wichita, KS (US);
H. Glen Dolezal, Jr., Derby, KS (US);
Bilynn Johnson, Happy, TX (US);
Inventors:
David R. McKenna, Benton, KS (US);
Paul B. Hiemenz, Wichita, KS (US);
H. Glen Dolezal, Jr., Derby, KS (US);
Bilynn Johnson, Happy, TX (US);
Assignee:
Cargill, Incorporated, Wayzata, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C 17/00 (2006.01); A22C 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for sorting animal protein includes determining a desired characteristic of a cut of meat from an animal portion and associating the desired characteristic with an attribute of the animal portion. The attribute is ascertained and the animal portion is sorted based on the ascertained attribute. Like animal portions are grouped together for further processing as a group.