US Patent Issued to Coravin on July 21 for "Method and apparatus for beverage transfer from source to destination container" (Massachusetts, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,605, issued on July 21, was assigned to Coravin Inc. (Bedford, Mass.).

"Method and apparatus for beverage transfer from source to destination container" was invented by Michael Rider (Lowell, Mass.), Lauren Michelle Inch (Liverpool, N.Y.) and Otto DeRuntz (Dunstable, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for transferring beverage such as wine from a source container to a destination container. First and second transfer heads can be configured to sealingly engage with an opening of source and destination containers, respectively. The container opening(s) can have a closure such as a cork or septum and the transfer h...