ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,631, issued on July 8, was assigned to Apption Labs Ltd. (Leicester Lelcester, Great Britain).
"Food thermometer and method of using thereof" was invented by Teemu Nivala (Leicester, Great Britain) and Joseph Cruz (Leicester, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food thermometer includes a tip portion and an outer shell including a minimum food insertion depth indicator visible on an exterior of the outer shell. A thermal barrier member is located inside the outer shell along a center virtual axis defined by the outer shell at or adjacent a projected position of the minimum food insertion depth indicator on the virtual axis,...