ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,736, issued on July 7, was assigned to BREVILLE PTY Ltd. (Alexandria, Australia).
"Tamping assembly" was invented by Robert Grassia (Alexandria, Australia) and Philip Mcknight (Alexandria, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coffee compacting assembly (22) that receives ground coffee to compact the coffee in a filter cup (25) having a floor (39), the coffee compacting assembly (22) including: an auger (33) having an axis (30) about which the auger (33) is rotated to compact the ground coffee in the filter cup (25), with the auger (33) extending angularly and longitudinally relative to said axis (30); a motor (51) coupled to the...