ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,568, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to HYDRATION LABS INC (Charlestown, Mass.).
"Filter life detection via dynamic pressure measurement" was invented by Abigail McAdams (Charlestown, Mass.) and Andrew Jaskey (Charlestown, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor coupled to a computer can sense a pressure of a buffer tank. A computer can determine a start of dispensing a beverage from a beverage dispenser. The computer can determine that an elapsed time from the start of dispensing the beverage reaches a predefined duration threshold. The computer can measure a particular pressure of the buffer tank when determining that the elaps...