ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,712, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to BREVILLE PTY Ltd. (Alexandria, Australia).

"Inline cavitation reduction for a beverage appliance" was invented by Ali Tofaili (Alexandria, Australia), Luichang Zheng (Alexandria, Australia), Michael Yui Ko Wong (Alexandria, Australia), Sing Wai Ng (Alexandria, Australia) and Kai Xiao (Alexandria, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An appliance for making a beverage comprising: a conduit defining a liquid flow path for the liquid; a pump to move the liquid under pressure along the flow path and configured to operate in a first mode and a second mode, different to the first mode, a sensor a...