ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,510, issued on April 14, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).
"Method for manufacturing a compostable pod" was invented by Christophe Sebastien Paul Heydel (Chez le Bart, Switzerland), Camille Marie-Rose Eliane Daganaud (Pully, Switzerland) and Frederic Doleac (Vaux et Chantegrue, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a pod (100) for preparing a beverage in a beverage production machine, the machine having opening elements for opening the pod (100) under the effect of rising pressure of fluid being injected into the pod (100). In the method, two fo...