ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,978, issued on July 14, was assigned to HUA KU (SHUNDE) TECH ELECTRIC Co. LTD (Foshan, China).

"Small manual coffee maker" was invented by Hugo Yves Lucien Cailleton (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A small manual coffee maker includes: a cup body and detachable coffee brewing base. A body lower end is connected to the base. Water and pressure chambers are in the body. A coffee brewing chamber and coffee outlet passage are in the base. The body has a water inlet passage communicating with the pressure chamber and a water outlet passage communicating with the pressure and coffee brewing chambers. A water chamber bottom ha...