ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,994, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Flavor Burst LLC (Danville, Ind.).

"Metering and calibration system and processes for frozen flowable confection freezer" was invented by Thomas J. Gerber (Avon, Ind.) and Timothy Gerber (Danville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and a method of dispensing a flavored confection include a freezer to hold a flowable confection and a door that connects to the freezer. The door includes a syrup delivery system including one or more syrup pumps. The one or more syrup pumps are configured to deliver a flavored syrup into a container. A load cell assembly including a load cell configu...