ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,032, issued on June 3, was assigned to BL Patents LLC (Lake Oswego, Ore.).
"Cold brew beverage brewing systems" was invented by Robert Neace Jr. (Vancouver, Wash.) and Todd H. Maas (Lake Oswego, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cold brew coffee apparatus has a first container, a second container, a centerpiece connector, and a filter. Preferably, the filter is positionable within the first container such that it divides the filter interior volume from the remainder of the first container interior volume. Preferably, cold brew infusion occurs when water in the first container interior volume passes through the water-permeable barr...