ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,477, issued on June 17, was assigned to Congruens Group LLC (San Carlos, Calif.).

"Delivery of food items by aerial or ground drones to and from delivery vehicles" was invented by Joshua Gouled Goldberg (San Bruno, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Technologies are generally described for preparation and drone based delivery of food items. In some examples, a delivery vehicle may be arranged for autonomous or semi-autonomous preparation of food items while the vehicle is en route to a delivery destination or parked at the delivery destination. Aerial and/or ground based drones, which may be stored in the vehicle, may be loaded wi...