US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE DOUWE EGBERTS on July 7 for "Capsule, system and use of the system for preparing double beverages like a double espresso, a double lungo and a double ristretto" (British, Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,733, issued on July 7, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE DOUWE EGBERTS B.V. (Utrecht, Netherlands).

"Capsule, system and use of the system for preparing double beverages like a double espresso, a double lungo and a double ristretto" was invented by John Richard Melrose (Banbury, Great Britain), Richard John Andrews (Banbury, Great Britain), Paul James Harpley (Banbury, Great Britain) and Gerbrand Kristiaan De Graaff (Hillegom, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capsule, a system and a use of the system for preparing double beverages like a double espresso, a double lungo and a double ristretto are provided. With the capsule, syste...