US Patent Issued to TBDx on Aug. 18 for "Automatic single-serving beverage brewing system" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,233, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to TBDx Inc. (Alamo, Calif.).

"Automatic single-serving beverage brewing system" was invented by Qiliang Xu (Alamo, Calif.) and Rui Zhou (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brewing system comprises a grinder, a brewer, a capsule holder, and a controller. The grinder is configured to grind whole coffee beans into coffee grounds with adjustable coarseness. The grinder is configured to receive the whole coffee beans through a first opening above the grinder and dispense the coffee grounds through a second opening below the grinder. The brewer is configured to dispense water for brewin...