ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,799, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to DoorDash Inc. (San Francisco).
"Enhanced automated food making apparatus" was invented by Deepak Chandra Sekar (San Jose, Calif.), Kathirgugan Kathirasen (Selangor, Malaysia), Brian Richardson (Los Gatos, Calif.), Sanath Bhat (Redwood City, Calif.) and Levi Lalla (Redwood City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating an automated food making apparatus having a motor, actuator arm, and an apparatus. The apparatus may be a paddle with flexible fins. The method rotates the paddle with a pin-shaft mechanism to dispense an ingredient placed in a canister, controls the motor aut...