US Patent Issued to Luigi Lavazza on May 19 for "Beverage preparation capsule" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,976, issued on May 19, was assigned to Luigi Lavazza S.p.A. (Turin, Italy).

"Beverage preparation capsule" was invented by Paul Fletcher (Surrey, Great Britain), David Knowles (St. Albans, Great Britain), Mark Thompson (Hampshire, Great Britain), Philip Mould (Dorset, Great Britain) and Peter Austin (High Wycombe, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage preparation capsule including front and back sheets that are bonded together along a top edge, first and second side edges, and a bottom edge. A region of bonding along the bottom edge may be releasable to allow escape of beverage from the capsule during beverage prepar...