ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,383, issued on June 2, was assigned to VERSUNI HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Coffee machine" was invented by Jarno Beekman (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Pieter Herman Klokman (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coffee machine is described. The coffee machine has a removable coffee vessel for fitting to a docking area. A closing piston is driven laterally relative to the coffee vessel into a side opening of the coffee vessel. The closing piston has a water delivery channel leading to its end face."
The patent was filed on Dec. 24, 2020, under Application No. 17/789,489.
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