US Patent Issued to Abstract Ice on Nov. 25 for "Devices for shaping clear ice products and related methods" (California, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,699, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Abstract Ice Inc. (Petaluma, Calif.).

"Devices for shaping clear ice products and related methods" was invented by Ashok Kumar Notaney (San Francisco), Todd Stevenson (Novato, Calif.), Larry Allen Mercier Jr. (Ann Arbor, Mich.), James Anthony Coller (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Andrew James Whalen (Windsor, Calif.) and Kayla Curtis (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and devices are described for shaping ingots of ice. The devices may include an apparatus including at least a support frame; a mold for shaping ice ingots, and a positioning means configured to dispose a first surface ...