ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,669, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Nozzle control assemblies for a micro-puree machine" was invented by Noah William Weinstock (Boston), Nathan Lyell (Surrey, Great Britain), Jonathan James (Witney, Great Britain), Michael John Blom (Cambridge, Great Britain), Charles Frazer Kilby (Cambridgeshire, Great Britain) and Lukas Tubby (Mansfield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nozzle control assemblies for a micro-puree machine include a bowl having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall extending between the first and send ends, the sidewall defining an interior volume of the bowl. ...