ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,336, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).
"Beverage preparation machine" was invented by Alexandre Pugliese (Paudex, Switzerland) and Alexandre Perentes (Sullens, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The beverage preparation machine (1) comprises: a beverage preparation device (2) with a holding section (10) for detachably holding a beverage component holder (12) that comprises: a cavity (14) for receiving a beverage component suitable for interacting with a liquid to prepare a beverage, and a transponder (16) configured to store data related to the beverage component, a liquid...