ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,509, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Jened LLC (Washington).

"Ingredient dispensers" was invented by Edward Ertel (Washington), Yen Wei Lee (Boston), Zachary Carlins (Boston), Brendan Crawford (Boston) and James Shepard (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ingredient dispensers for use in dispensing a measured amount of dry and/or liquid ingredient for a user are disclosed. In some embodiments, a dry ingredient dispenser is provided and may include a receptacle configured to contain a select amount of dry ingredient and a cap comprising an actuating portion and a measuring chamber portion. In some embodiments, a liquid ingredien...