ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,543, issued on June 10, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Food processing system" was invented by Zintis Jones (London), Matt Roberts (Medfield, Mass.) and Fredrick Ko (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food processing base of a food processing system includes a housing having a mounting area for receiving an attachment including a processing assembly and a motorized unit arranged within said housing. The motorized unit is operable to rotate said food processing assembly about an axis of rotation. The motorized unit includes a diameter to height ratio that is greater than 3:1."

The patent was filed...