ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,779, issued on March 31.
"Drip coffee filter structure" was invented by Ming-Yang Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan), Chan-Liang Wang (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Ming-Sheng Chen (New Taipei City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drip coffee filter structure in the present disclosure comprises a filter bag and two hanging ear devices designed at two lateral sides of the filter bag, respectively. The hanging ear devices make the filter bag hang on a cup upright or lopsidedly for extraction of coffee as required."
The patent was filed on Feb. 25, 2021, under Application No. 18/028,518.
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