ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,536,497, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Interproductec Consulting GmbH & Co. KG (Munich).

"Food processing system" was invented by Ingo Stork Genannt Wersborg (Munich), Frederik Born (Munich), Mathias Sundholm (Munich) and Alexander Indig (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples relate to a food processing system, which includes a sensor unit for determining holding data of at least one pan or holding container placed in a food holding area. The system can further includes a processing unit for determining a scheduling state based on current holding data and/or a holding data history; and a control unit to control an actuator ...