US Patent Issued to Yum Connect on March 24 for "Automated beverage dispensing system and method" (California, Kentucky, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,730, issued on March 24, was assigned to Yum Connect LLC (Louisville, Ky.).

"Automated beverage dispensing system and method" was invented by Nicholas Michael Degnan (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Arthur Francois David Levy (Culver City, Calif.), Robert William Lyle (Simi Valley, Calif.), Joseph Park (Plano, Texas), Aaron Thomas (Louisville, Ky.), Karl Thomas Szatrowski (Louisville, Ky.), Won Suk You (Whittier, Calif.), Elvis Junior Palma (Harbor City, Calif.) and Sze Wun Wong (West Covina, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage production system, comprising a cup dispensing station configured to dispense cups, a beverage dispen...