ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,136, issued on April 29, was assigned to Dinemic Ventures LLC (Dallas).

"Automated cooking systems and methods of operating thereof" was invented by Gennadiy Goldenshteyn (Dallas), Val Ginzburg (Rumford, R.I.), Dmitry Rumyantsev (Saint Petersburg, Russia) and Vladimir Gordeev (Saint Petersburg, Russia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are automated cooking apparatuses for storing and cooking food items as well as methods of operating such apparatuses. In some examples, an automated cooking apparatus comprises a storage unit, a delivery unit, and a cooking unit. The storage unit may be equipped with a refrigeration unit a...