ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,361,471, issued on July 15, was assigned to Blue Baker LLC (College Station, Texas).

"Systems and methods for enhanced order preparation via integration with an order delivery service" was invented by David C. Fox (College Station, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and restaurant locations for use with a mobile ordering system, and methods thereof, to provide at least more time-efficient pick up of orders by customers than with traditional ordering and pick up windows."

The patent was filed on Aug. 14, 2023, under Application No. 18/449,423.

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