ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,869, issued on July 1, was assigned to Congruens Group LLC (San Carlos, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for preparing food products" was invented by Alexander John Garden (San Carlos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food preparation and delivery system can include a plurality of cooking units such as ovens, each containing one or more prepared, but partially or completely uncooked, food items. The food items in the cooking units are for delivery to each of a corresponding plurality of consumer delivery destinations. The cooking units are loaded into a cargo compartment of a delivery vehicle for delivery to the plurality of consu...