ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,784, issued on June 2, was assigned to Towngas Lifestyle IP Ltd. (North Point, Hong Kong).

"Beverage preparation system" was invented by Ho Leung Lee (North Point, Hong Kong), Wai Wah Ng (North Point, Hong Kong), Ngai Hin So (North Point, Hong Kong), Ka Yin Ngai (North Point, Hong Kong), Kwun To Chan (North Point, Hong Kong) and Chi Chung Chan (North Point, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage preparation system and a method for preparing a beverage thereby, which includes at least one ingredient container for containing an ingredient; a dispenser for dispensing the ingredient from the at least one ingredient container ...