ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,940, issued on Feb. 24.

"Automatic dispensing, cooking and serving apparatus and method" was invented by Madhura Priya Senthilnathan (Tamil Nadu, India) and L. Senthilnathan (Tamil Nadu, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is an automatic cooking apparatus 100 and method. The apparatus includes at least one curved heating member 106 configured to move in an arcuate path, and at least one dispensing mechanism for dispensing at least one semi-solid liquid substance on the at least one heating surface 106a, 106b. The curved heating member 106 has at least one heating surface 106a, 106b, which, in the course of dispensi...