ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,146, issued on July 28, was assigned to Versabev Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Scalable modular system and method for temperature control and selectively dispensing beverages" was invented by Sal Comunale (Harrison, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including a pressurized container including a hollow portion and an outer portion, the pressurized container being airtight to maintain a pressure level in an environment in the hollow portion, a controllable pressure system coupled to the pressurized container to generate the environment, a transport system including two transport conduits coupled to two liquid volumes stored with...