US Patent Issued to EMC Water on Aug. 19 for "System and method for dispensing consumable liquids" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,271, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to EMC Water LLC (Downers Grove, Ill.).

"System and method for dispensing consumable liquids" was invented by Edward Locke (Elmhurst, Ill.), Raymond T. Hecker (Elmhurst, Ill.), Trevor Robert Smouter (Waterloo, Canada) and Timothy Scott Edward Hiller (Waterloo, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for dispensing consumable liquids are disclosed. An example networked system includes a server and a plurality of beverage dispenser stations. Each of the beverage dispenser stations includes a filler including a filler outlet configured to deliver a beverage into a container, an RFID...