ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,974, issued on July 14, was assigned to PASTIFICIO RANA S.P.A. (Italy).
"Machine for cooking a dose of raw pasta in a container" was invented by Gian Luca Rana (San Giovanni Lupatoto, Italy), Alberto Luigi Cologni (Osio Sopra, Italy) and Mattia De Santis (Paullo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine for cooking a dose of pasta in a container has a hot water supply pipe to selectively inject hot water into the container above the dose of pasta; a steam supply pipe to selectively inject steam into the container independently of the water injection; and a dispenser comprising at least one first nozzle connected to the hot wate...