ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,533, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Bev-Edge LLC (Ridgefield, Conn.).
"Intelligent concentrate mixing and delivery" was invented by Thomas G. Siegel (Longmont, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for determining a quality of a beverage can include a flow sensor for coupling with an outlet for waste from a beverage dispenser. The system can also include a controller coupled with the flow sensor for receiving an indication of the presence and/or absence of waste. The controller can be coupled with an actuation mechanism and configured to: receive an indication of an actuation of the actuation mechanism, determine a time a...