ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,427, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Apiqe Holdings LLC (Torrance, Calif.).

"Cartridge for providing a liquid product, a system for the providing a liquid product and a method using said system" was invented by Jasper Jacobus Van De Sluis (Le Utrecht, Netherlands) and Mattheus Pieter Both (EE Apeldoorn, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a single use, or disposable cartridge, wherein the cartridge is provided with a capsule (2) in the form of a sealed reservoir. The reservoir is defined by a capsule body (5) that allows for use of muti-layer materials. Thus, the cartridge, more in particular the ca...