ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,626, issued on July 14, was assigned to Beverage Booster Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).

"Systems and techniques for enhancing packaged beverages" was invented by Matthew Alex Cutter (Boulder, Colo.), Maxiliaan Gulden (Boulder, Colo.), Daniel Joseph Bodenstein (Boulder, Colo.), Zachary Speer (Boulder, Colo.), Ryan Michael Welsh Snow (Boulder, Colo.) and Benjamin James Farr (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for releasing one or more non-gaseous remediating components into a packaged beverage upon opening of the packaged beverage are provided herein. For example, a cartridge includes a cap that is releasably sec...