ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,250,929, issued on March 18, was assigned to UBTECH ROBOTICS CORP LTD (Shenzhen, China).

"Pet feeder" was invented by Jin Li (Shenzhen, China), Yudong Liu (Shenzhen, China), Xinshui Huang (Shenzhen, China), Xianglong Li (Shenzhen, China) and Jun Li (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet feeder includes: a housing, a heat conduction member, a temperature adjustment structure and a heat dissipation member that are arranged in the housing, a tray, a cover, and an actuating mechanism. The temperature adjustment structure includes a thermoelectric cooling member and a control module. The thermoelectric cooling member includes ...