ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,316, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Iconex LLC (Duluth, Ga.).

"Combined label for food preparers and food servers in table service restaurants and method of using same" was invented by Jerry Butler (Gainesville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided of processing a food order in a table service restaurant. The method comprises receiving a food order including a table identifier, and electronically by a computer terminal, printing a food order label including the table identifier and providing the printed food order label. The method also comprises by a food preparer, preparing a food dish based upon the printed fo...