ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,981, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SHENZHEN LIBRO TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Food container and animal food dispensing device compatible with food container" was invented by Tianyu Xiao (Guangdong, China), Zhihai Xiao (Guangdong, China), Jun Zheng (Guangdong, China), Chao Yan (Guangdong, China), Feng Han (Guangdong, China) and Zhixiong Liang (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food container and an animal food dispensing device compatible with food container are provided. The food container includes a can body and a cover body. The can body includes a container body including a container bowl portion...