US Patent Issued to Keurig Green Mountain on July 21 for "Brewing machine beverage ingredient chamber" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,404, issued on July 21, was assigned to Keurig Green Mountain Inc. (Burlington, Mass.).

"Brewing machine beverage ingredient chamber" was invented by Tsz Yin Li (Wong Chuk Hang, China) and Kin Chung Choi (Wong Chuk Hang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brewing system may include a fluid supply system, a chamber, and a fluid outlet. The fluid outlet may be configured to pierce a capsule containing a beverage ingredient formed of solid particles. The chamber may be configured to receive and hold solid particles from the capsule without inhibiting or restricting a flow path from the fluid supply system, through the chamber, and o...