ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,695, issued on July 8, was assigned to Chocolate House Incubator Retail LLC (Dallas).

"Food products with shells that are dissolved or melted to release ingredients and form heated beverages" was invented by Katherine T. Weiser (Dallas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food product includes a shell containing multiple ingredients. The shell includes first and second shell portions attached to each other. The shell is configured to be dissolved or melted into a heated liquid to release the multiple ingredients in order to form a heated beverage. The multiple ingredients include cocoa mix configured to be dissolved into the heated liquid...