ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,847, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to KAZ EUROPE SARL (Bussigny, Switzerland).
"Baking mat" was invented by Anna Claire Bodney (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Vicente Valderrama (Staten Island, N.Y.), Julianna Chiaramonte (Tuckahoe, N.Y.), Shaun Zirges (Jersey City, N.J.) and Hayir Benat Facquet (Hoboken, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for locating slice locations on a rolled food product includes a flexible mat having first and second sides extending between first and second ends, and a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The mat has an open condition where the mat is substantially flat, and the m...