ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,349,831, issued on July 8, was assigned to BREVILLE PTY Ltd. (Alexandria, Australia).
"Apparatus and method for frothing milk" was invented by Gerard Andrew White (Darlington, Australia), Nicholas McColl (Randwick, Australia), Daniel Robert Corkin (Panania, Australia) and Con Psarologos (Bardwell Valley, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature sensing assembly for a milk frothing apparatus. The assembly including: a temperature sensor element and a resilient support element that receives and biases the temperature sensor element towards thermal communication with the underside of a vessel; wherein the assembly is located to...