ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,782, issued on June 30.

"Portable incubation system" was invented by Shannon Leigh Duxbury (Sioux Center, Iowa), Matthew Bryan Huntingdon (Sioux Center, Iowa), Eric Martin Krug (Sioux Center, Iowa) and Glenn Todd Colon-Bonet (Sioux Center, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable incubation system comprising a container and a temperature management system disposed within the container. The container comprises a housing forming an outer wall of the container, an inner chamber assembly disposed within the housing, and a lid coupled to the housing and arranged to seal the inner chamber assembly when closed. The temperature managem...