ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,644, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to BEABA (France).

"Weighing system for an apparatus able to deliver a predetermined mass, and corresponding method" was invented by Herve Papy (Oyonnax, France), Sylvain Benoit (Meillonnas, France) and Adrien Herve (Bron, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a system (10) for weighing a predetermined mass of a food product, comprising an electric stepping motor (30) supported by a chassis (11) and having an output shaft, a food-product receiving member (22) which is able to move along the axis of travel between a position for receiving and a position for tipping out the ...