ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,959, issued on June 23, was assigned to LUIGI LAVAZZA S.P.A. (Turin, Italy).
"Device for heating and frothing milk" was invented by Gabriele Molinaro (Turin, Italy), Gabriele Luciano Picone (Turin, Italy), Jelmer Jeroen Kuiper (Turin, Italy) and Thomas Gerard Verloop (Turin, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for heating and frothing milk which has a steam generator and a jet pump is provided. The jet pump has a steam inlet through which pressurized steam is injectable into the jet pump, a first suction inlet and a second suction inlet. The first suction inlet is configured to connect to a milk reservoir. An air inlet is c...