ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,327, issued on May 5, was assigned to Sensio Inc. (New York City, N.Y.).

"Beverage brewing systems and methods" was invented by Jorge B. Garcia (Rogers, Ark.), Keith Bilodeau (Plantsville, Conn.) and Tristan Mckeever (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanism for a brewing machine includes a fluid reservoir, a first receptacle downstream from the fluid reservoir, a second receptacle downstream from the fluid reservoir, a first channel and a second channel. The first channel is configured and adapted to provide a fluid from the fluid reservoir to the first receptacle. The second channel is configured and adapted to provide a f...