ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,689, issued on July 8.

"Freeze-drying, storing, rehydrating and feeding using breast milk" was invented by Madeline Owens (Salt Lake City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a system and method for performing freeze drying of small quantities of a liquid for personal use, wherein a liquid material is disposed within a single-use container, the container is then coupled to a small-scale freeze-drying unit which extracts liquid from the material in the container using a freeze-drying process, and the freeze-dried material is then left in the container and the container is stored until rehydration. The container may b...