ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,873, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Home Tech Innovation Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Food cartridges and carriers for use in a cooking device" was invented by Kevin Incorvia (Los Altos, Calif.), Robin Liss (Cambridge, Mass.) and Heather Taft (Bedford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for storing and/or cooking food items via a food storage and cooking device are described. In some embodiments, a method of cooking a food item via includes disposing a food item in a food container, an inner volume of the food container configured to receive a flow of fluid and an outlet of the food container substa...