ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,714, issued on July 28, was assigned to LUIGI LAVAZZA S.P.A. (Turin, Italy).
"Brewing unit" was invented by Gabriele Molinaro (Turin, Italy), Gabriele Luciano Picone (Turin, Italy) and Denis Rotta (Turin, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brewing unit for preparing beverages from a powdered product containing at least one ingredient is provided. The brewing unit has a support structure having an inner cavity, and a dispensing assembly having a first assembly part configured as a drawer and having a receptacle adapted to receive the powdered product, and a second assembly part mounted to slide vertically within an upper part of t...