ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,357, issued on July 22, was assigned to 87 NORTH ENTERPRISES LLC (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.).

"Centrifugal coffee extraction with vacuum loading" was invented by Kyle Brock (Queensbury, N.Y.) and E. Ryan Miller (Lake George, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coffee extraction apparatus includes: a housing with an exterior wall extending between a lower end and an upper end, wherein the lower end defines a sump; a basket disposed within the housing and mounted for rotation about an axis, the basket including a plurality of openings sized to permit the passage of liquid therethrough while preventing the passage of solids above a prede...