ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,547, issued on May 12, was assigned to DE' LONGHI APPLIANCES S.R.L. CON UNICO SOCIO (Treviso, Italy).
"Grinding device" was invented by Guido Quaratesi (Treviso, Italy) and Emanuele Marcato (Treviso, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A grinding device for grinding food products, comprises a housing compartment, grinding means and a hopper removably associated with the housing compartment, wherein the hopper comprises a container having at least one selectively openable and closable lower aperture."
The patent was filed on July 13, 2021, under Application No. 18/018,910.
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