ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,849, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Better Bread d.o.o (Pakostane, Croatia).
"Systems and methods for sourdough starter production" was invented by Karlo Vulin (Zagreb, Croatia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for computer-controlled production of sourdough starters includes a fermenter; a vessel encasing the fermenter and configured to provide a controlled temperature environment on contents of the fermenter; a processor-controlled feeder configured to provide additions of a flour to the fermenter; a processor-controlled water doser configured to provide additions of water to the fermenter; and a sensor in signal communic...