ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,954, issued on March 18, was assigned to Snowie LLC (Salt Lake City).

"Ice block form" was invented by Carl Rupp (Salt Lake City) and Gregg Gehring (West Valley City, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure extends to apparatuses, methods, and systems for freezing a liquid suitable for use by a frozen confection machine. The apparatuses, methods, and systems include a two-piece form suitable for producing a dense ice structure."

The patent was filed on April 25, 2022, under Application No. 17/660,495.

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