ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,333, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to 2689287 ONTARIO INC. (Oakville, Calif.).

"Beverage dispenser, kit for assembling the same, and corresponding methods of manufacturing, assembling and operating associated thereto" was invented by Tariq Arafeh (Montreal) and Abdulrahman Saimeh (Oakville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage dispenser is for dispensing a consumable beverage. A processing line having a fluid path with an input end is fluidly connectable to a source container of liquid for receiving liquid from the container via a driving force, and for processing the liquid into the consumable beverage to be dispensed....