US Patent Issued to Luigi Lavazza on March 17 for "Smart beverage system, apparatus, and method of using same" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,693, issued on March 17, was assigned to Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. (Turin, Italy).

"Smart beverage system, apparatus, and method of using same" was invented by David Knowles (St Albans, Great Britain) and Tony McCoy (Devon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for making and/or dispensing a beverage may be provided. For example, a beverage may be selected from a user interface of a beverage dispensing apparatus. A beverage pressure value may be provided. A package containing a beverage preparation ingredient may be inserted into the beverage dispensing apparatus. A type of the inserted package may be detected. A package ...