ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,008, issued on April 21, was assigned to FLUID-O-TECH S.R.L. (Corsico, Italy).

"Grinding device, particularly for coffee or the like, and system for dispensing coffee comprising such a device" was invented by Fabrizio Tessicini (Imola, Italy) and Diego Andreis (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coffee grinder device includes a tank of coffee beans, at least one grinding member adapted to grind a quantity of coffee beans to obtain a coffee powder, a grain size adjustment device adapted to adjust at least one operating parameter of the grinding member to vary the grain size of the coffee powder (7), and a dispensing opening adapt...