ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,356, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to 6D Bytes Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Automated preparation and dispensation of food and beverage products" was invented by Vipin Jain (Saratoga, Calif.), Venkateswaran Ayalur (Cupertino, Calif.) and Vijayasimha Doddabalapur (Foster City, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a system includes: a robotic arm assembly; a plurality of components arranged around the robotic arm assembly and positioned within reach of the robotic arm assembly; and a controller configured to control operation of the robotic arm assembly within the system. Each of the plurality of components is confi...