ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,079, issued on June 2, was assigned to VMI (Montaigu Vendee, France).

"Device and assembly for mixing a bakery, pastry or cosmetic preparation" was invented by Jose Cheio De Oliveira (St Hilaire de Loulay, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixing assembly and a mixing device configured to mix a bakery, pastry or cosmetic preparation includes a mixing tank configured to receive ingredients intended to be mixed to form the preparation; a first mixing tool configured to be immersed at least partially in the mixing tank and configured to mix the ingredients and/or the preparation. The first mixing tool is configured to be driven in ...