ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,331, issued on May 5, was assigned to LUIGI LAVAZZA S.P.A. (Turin, Italy).
"Motorized brewing unit" was invented by Gabriele Molinaro (Turin, Italy) and Denis Rotta (Turin, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motorized brewing unit for preparing beverages from a powdered product has a dispensing assembly having a first assembly part provided with a receptacle adapted to receive the powdered product, and a second assembly part, relative to which the first assembly part is movable between an open position and a closed position in which the first assembly part and the second assembly part are coupled to each other to define a brewing c...