US Patent Issued to Bunn Commercial on April 14 for "Axially operable brewing system" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,266, issued on April 14, was assigned to Bunn Commercial LP (Springfield, Ill.).

"Axially operable brewing system" was invented by Tom Sonnek (Springfield, Ill.), Matthew P. Rutledge (Springfield, Ill.) and Joel Morton (Springfield, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method, and apparatus for producing a brewed beverage using a brewing apparatus of a brewing machine to reduce the time to produce a brewed beverage through a sequence of steps. The apparatus includes structures and functions that help to maintain the reliability and cleanliness of the apparatus. The structure of the apparatus helps reduce the size and dimens...