ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,189, issued on May 19, was assigned to EMC Water LLC (Downers Grove, Ill.).

"System and method for dispensing consumable liquids" was invented by Edward Locke (Elmhurst, Ill.), William Hamilton (Downers Grove, Ill.), Franco Savoni (Geneva, Ill.), Damon D. Shaw (Stillman Valley, Ill.), Raymond T. Hecker (Elmhurst, Ill.), Joel E. Leiser (Freeport, Ill.), Ellen Sajdak (Felicelli) (Naperville, Ill.), Trevor Robert Smouter (Waterloo, Canada) and Timothy Scott Edward Hiller (Waterloo, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for dispensing consumable liquids are disclosed. An example networked system includes a server and a...