ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,471, issued on May 27, was assigned to Fireboard Labs LLC (Kansas City, Mo.).

"System and method of food mapping for safety compliance" was invented by Theodore Thomas Conrad (Olathe, Kan.), Steven Matthew Briggeman (Kansas City, Mo.), Jason von Nieda (Kansas City, Mo.) and Tyler Wells Herrmann (Overland Park, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for food safety mapping. The method includes acquiring, via a wireless receiver, an encoded unique identifier from a label positioned proximate to a food item. The encoded unique identifier is saved in a food item record of a database. Current food temperature da...