ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,980, issued on July 15, was assigned to 7-ELEVEN INC. (Irving, Texas).

"Systems and methods for monitoring food temperatures" was invented by Shahmeer Ali Mirza (Celina, Texas), Matthew O'Daniel Redmond (Denton, Texas) and John Robert Keller (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes one or more memory units and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, from a food temperature probe, a first temperature associated with a first food item. The processor is further configured to receive, from the food temperature probe, a second temperature associated with a second food item. The processor is further confi...