US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on Aug. 4 for "Capsule and system for preparing a beverage by centrifugation in a beverage production device" (Swiss, French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,994, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Capsule and system for preparing a beverage by centrifugation in a beverage production device" was invented by Daniel Abegglen (Rances, Switzerland), Alexandre Perentes (Lausanne, Switzerland), Carlo Magri (Monthey, Switzerland) and Arnaud Gerbaulet (Oye et Pallet, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capsule is designed for insertion in a centrifugal beverage production device for preparing a beverage from a substance contained in the capsule by introducing liquid in the capsule and passing the liquid through the substance using centrifu...