ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,557,823, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to CANDRY TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Coquitlam, Canada).

"Dehydrating apparatus and method" was invented by Mahdieh Aliaslkhiabani (Burnaby, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dehydrating apparatus suitable for dehydrating food and other biomass products comprises a dehydrating chamber, a vacuum assembly, a magnetron assembly, an infrared heating assembly, a heated air circulation assembly, and a controller. The magnetron assembly is electromagnetically coupled to the dehydrating chamber and is operable to transmit microwave energy into the dehydrating chamber. The vacuum assembly is fluidly coupled ...