ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,352, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to CIRCUS ROBOTICS GMBH (Hamburg, Germany).
"Apparatus and method for automated food preparation" was invented by Emanuel Pallua (Berlin), Julian StoB (Berlin), Marco Pupillo (Munich), Jakob Berghofer (Munich), Paul Stiepel (Augsburg, Germany), Dimitri Dell (Augsburg, Germany) and Johannes Scharrer (Augsburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an apparatus for automated food preparation comprising at least one preparation vessel which is substantially rotationally symmetrical about an axis of rotation and is adapted to receive at least one foodstuff, and at least one mix...