ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,734, issued on July 7, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).
"Beverage preparation system" was invented by Sophie Abraham (Remoray, France), Marilyne Isabelle Bonin (Les Grangettes, France), Gina Fiore (Ferlens, Switzerland) and Stephane Pellegrini (Montperreux, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a beverage production system comprising a module (1) for producing a beverage from a pack (10), -said pack comprising a bottom side (101), and said bottom side (101) of said pack comprising an area (104) configured for being openable, said openable area being made of a flexible materi...