ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,552, issued on May 12, was assigned to Cinderella Technology AS (Midsund, Norway).

"Incineration toilet with safety system" was invented by Frode Hansen (Lyngseidet, Norway), Odd Arne Aslaksen (Furuflaten, Norway) and Freddy Roger Moen (Levanger, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An incineration toilet includes a pouch bowl for holding a waste pouch, and an incineration chamber with an incineration chamber hatch arranged below the pouch bowl for receiving the waste pouch for incineration. The incineration chamber hatch is openable by an electric motor. The pouch bowl includes an openable bowl flap synchronized with the openable in...