ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,199, issued on March 3, was assigned to Chocolate House Incubator Retail LLC (Dallas).

"Food products with shells that are dissolved or melted to release ingredients and form heated beverages" was invented by Katherine T. Flusche (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food product includes a shell containing at least one ingredient. The shell includes first and second shell portions. The shell is configured to be dissolved or melted into a heated liquid to release the at least one ingredient in order to form a heated beverage. The at least one ingredient includes multiple marshmallows configured to float on a top surface of the hea...