ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,757, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to CHOUQUETTE LTD (Potomac, Md.).

"Chocolate-based material puzzles" was invented by Sarah Dwyer (Potomac, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A puzzle of chocolate-based material puzzle pieces is formed by providing a transfer sheet having a design of food-grade material on a first side of the transfer sheet and providing a puzzle piece template having passages shaped as pieces of the puzzle. The puzzle piece template is arranged on top of the first side of the transfer sheet. The passages of the puzzle piece template are filled with a chocolate-based material. After crystallization, the chocolate...