ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,829, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hamilton Beach Brands Inc. (Glen Allen, Va.).

"Coffee grinder with selectable grinding parameters" was invented by Mark Romandy (Glen Allen, Va.) and Paul Diaz (Glen Allen, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grinding device includes: a housing that includes a sidewall; a grinding bowl within the housing; a cover that mates with one of the housing and the grinding bowl, wherein the cover together with the grinding bowl defines a grinding chamber; a blade positioned within the grinding chamber; a motor, positioned within the housing, operatively connected with and configured to rotate the blade...