ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,379, issued on April 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Food moving stage and serving robot including the same" was invented by Minhee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sanghyun Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunsuk Kwak (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Donghan Koo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a food moving stage. The food moving stage includes a first plate having a plurality of concavities formed on an upper surface; a second plate of which a lower surface is disposed to face the upper surface of the first plate; a first support member connected to the upper surface...