ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,512, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to DONGGUAN GAN LIN ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Dongguan, China).

"Intelligent coffee and tea measuring cup" was invented by Huanyou Hu (Guangxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intelligent coffee and tea measuring cup includes a cup body, a weighing unit, a temperature sensing unit, an information storage and execution unit, and a display unit. An upper end and a lower end of the cup body are provided with openings respectively, and an outer side of the cup body is provided with a handle. The weighing unit is used to measure a weight of liquid, particles or powder loaded into a metal ...