ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,335, issued on Nov. 3.
"Electric espresso coffee machine equipped and conceived to also dispense american coffee" was invented by Mauro Parrini (Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy) and Claudio Enrico Cingolani (Camerino, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Coffee machine having a water system in which pressurized hot water circulates, at least one dispensing unit fed with pressurized hot water, a first filter holder housing a first filter for the preparation of espresso coffee, a second filter for the preparation of American coffee, having a funnel-shaped basket which with an upper collar with a cylindrical shape, which is inferiorly joined w...