ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,860, issued on May 19, was assigned to Brown Box Cookie Cutters LLC (Boise, Idaho).
"Cookie cutter alignment jig" was invented by Monica Stamper (Boise, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A print jig is provided to align a food product to be printed upon by a printer, such as an edible ink printer. The print jig can be a common shape, such as a circle or a square, or be of an irregular shape, such as a spaceship or a butterfly. The print jig fits onto a base plate via a lip of the print jig. A food product is placed in a cutout of the print jig and comes into contact with the base plate. The shape of the cutout of the print jig matc...