ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,691, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Ember Technologies Inc. (Westlake Village, Calif.).

"Beverage container with active temperature control" was invented by Clayton Alexander (Westlake Village, Calif.), Rahul Mulinti (Westlake Village, Calif.), Daren John Leith (Agoura Hills, Calif.), Mikko Juhani Timperi (San Marcos, Calif.), Christopher Thomas Wakeham (Solana Beach, Calif.) and Rob Lawson-Shanks (Westlake Village, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A container with active temperature control system is provided. The active temperature control system is operated to heat or cool a chamber sized to receive a beverage therein. Th...