US Patent Issued to Little Caesar Enterprises on Dec. 30 for "Automated pizza assembly system including measuring device" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,716, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Little Caesar Enterprises Inc. (Detroit).

"Automated pizza assembly system including measuring device" was invented by Cathryn Fritz-Jung (Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich.), David Scrivano (South Lyon, Mich.), David Strother (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Amanda B. Thomas (Livonia, Mich.), Sean M. Heslip (Manchester, Mich.), Kent A. Deemter (Hudsonville, Mich.), Tyler W. McCoy (Holland, Mich.) and Bret A. Hoeksema (Zeeland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided for assembling a pizza, including a pizza sauce spreading station, a cheese spreading station and a pepperoni applying st...