ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,981, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Forever Young International Inc. (Las Vegas).
"Flameless method of heating food or food containers" was invented by Daniel L. Young (Henderson, Nev.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food heating method of using an exothermic gel to minimize metallic odors in a presence of food or within a food container. The method can include generating an exothermic reaction that produces heat by exposing a mixture of the expandable exothermic gel-forming composition to water and one or more electrolytes in the absence of air to form the expandable exothermic gel, the mixture comprising first metallic galvani...