MUMBAI, India, June 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617060273 A) filed by Societe Des Produits Nestle S. A. on May 12, 2026, for Used Capsule Receptacle For Beverage Machines.

Inventors include Gavillet, Gilles; Indumi, Mirko Yves; and Schmutz, Marcel.

The application for the patent was published on June 26, 2026, under issue no. 26/2026.

Abstract: A machine (1) configured for preparing a beverage from an ingredient contained in a capsule (100) has: a passage (2) for evacuating such ingredient capsule (100) upon preparing a beverage from such capsule (100) in the machine (1); a seat (20) positioned so that the evacuation passage (2) leads into the seat (20), the seat (20) having a bottom end (21);...