ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,686, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Support and capsule for preparing a beverage by centrifugation, system and method for preparing a beverage by centrifugation" was invented by Christian Jarisch (Lutry, Switzerland), Alexandre Perentes (Lausanne, Switzerland), Stefan Kaeser (Aarau, Switzerland), Carlo Magri (Monthey, Switzerland), Arnaud Gerbaulet (Oye et Pallet, France), Thomas Kaeser (Brent, Switzerland) and Daniel Abegglen (Rances, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capsule for preparation of a beverage can include a container and a beverage ingredient contain...