US Patent Issued to Starbucks on April 7 for "Foam pitcher" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,532, issued on April 7, was assigned to Starbucks Corp. (Seattle).

"Foam pitcher" was invented by Nathan C. Oren (Edgewood, Wash.) and Joseph E. Gormley (Mercer Island, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for preparing foam or blended media can include a pitcher with a blending mechanism and a blending motor. The blending motor can be configured to actuate the blending mechanism. The pitcher can be configured to receive ingredients therein and the blending mechanism can be configured to blend the ingredients to produce the foam or the blended media. The apparatus can include a base with a rinsing feature configured to s...