ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,127, issued on July 15, was assigned to Sunbeam Products Inc. (Atlanta).

"Intelligent blender" was invented by Gregary Hack (Aventura, Fla.), Joseph C. Spencer (Boynton Beach, Fla.) and Henry H. Adair Jr. (Canton, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blender or food processor having electronics associated therewith including at least one controller, at least one current sensor and at least one speed sensor, the controller controls the operation of the blender motor based upon the contents being blended inside the blender jar and compares measured current and speed values and measured changes in the current and speed values to predete...