ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,597, issued on Aug. 26.
"Food storing and consumption tracking system and method" was invented by Tal Lapidot (Tel Aviv, Israel), Daniel Sorkin (Tel Aviv, Israel), Amir Ben-Ari (Tel Aviv, Israel), Itai Harpaz (Tel Aviv, Israel), Guy Gutfarb (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Ofer Baratz (Tel Aviv, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Food storing and tracking method and system including plurality of food containers, plurality of sealing lids, a registry, and a base unit including a weight measurer, a reader, an interface and a processor. Food item inserted into food container comprising unique identifier. Food container placed onto base unit an...