ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,829, issued on July 8, was assigned to MSZ Education Services LLC (Boynton Beach, Fla.).

"Kits for combining consumables and methods of use thereof" was invented by Steven J. Sculler (Boynton Beach, Fla.) and Ola Gambari (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A kit includes a mixing vessel having a filling opening configured to allow the mixing vessel to be filled therethrough; and a plurality of indicia disposed on the mixing vessel, wherein the plurality of indicia are positioned and spaced so as to define a plurality of parts of the mixing vessel therebetween, and wherein the plurality of indicia are sequentially labeled with dim...