ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,714, issued on July 14, was assigned to THE COCA-COLA COMPANY (Atlanta).

"Diffuser nozzle for improved carbonation dispensing" was invented by Brad Munoz (Atlanta) and Austin Forgey (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, devices, and methods for fluid dispensing nozzles are described. Various implementations include a fluid dispensing nozzle including an inlet section which defines an inlet channel with a first diameter, and a restriction region which defines a restriction channel fluidically coupled to the inlet channel. The restriction channel extends along a first predetermined length and has a second diameter that is sm...