ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,413, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Vorwerk & Co. Interholding GmbH (Germany).

"System with thermometer and container for charging the rechargeable battery of the thermometer, and use" was invented by Matthias Stein (Mulheim an der Ruhr, Germany), Christoph Buggeln (Dusseldorf, Germany), Leon Seydel (Wuppertal, Germany) and Philipp Kielmann (Ratingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a system comprising a thermometer, a rechargeable battery in the thermometer, a container for the thermometer, and a lid for closing the container, wherein the container comprises a charging device for charging...