ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,053, issued on May 6, was assigned to Mythos Pet Foods Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Automatic pet food dispenser" was invented by Grant Edward Barnekow (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for automated pet food dispensing are described. One apparatus includes a receptacle configured to hold a sealed container containing wet pet food. The apparatus may include an electrically-operated plunger configured to interface with the receptacle. A processing system may be connected to the electrically-operated plunger. In one aspect, the processing system is configured to initiate a pet feeding event by actuatin...