ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,575,694, issued on March 17, was assigned to Nuli Coffee Inc. (Hillsboro, Ore.).

"Coffee machine with dynamic flow and temperature control" was invented by Ali H Mohammad (Hillsboro, Ore.) and Ethan Miller (Medford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coffee machine is provided. The coffee machine may include a water line configured to supply water, a pump configured to pressurize the water, a first in-line heating element configured to heat the water to an intermediate temperature, a second in-line heating element configured to heat the water from the intermediate temperature to a temperature set point during an extraction process, ...