ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,455, issued on Sept. 23.
"Filter holder for espresso coffee machine and machine equipped with such filter" was invented by Mauro Parrini (Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy) and Claudio Enrico Cingolani (Camerino, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Filter holder for espresso coffee machines having a cup-shaped body of circular profile, suitable for internally housing the filter, as well as a pouring device of the beverage disposed under the cup-shaped body and provided with at least one pouring spout, the filter holder being provided with connections for connecting the pouring device to the cup-shaped body, wherein the connections enable a...