ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,736, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to EUGSTER / FRISMAG AG (Amriswil, Switzerland).
"Beverage preparation apparatus and method" was invented by Remo Sonderegger (Tagerwilen, Switzerland), Daniel Fischer (Romanshorn, Switzerland) and Tobias Theuer (Hunibach, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a beverage preparation apparatus comprising a housing and brewing apparatus that is arranged in said housing and is intended for extracting a single-serve capsule of a first and a second type, which capsule contains a beverage substrate, wherein: a single-serve capsule of the first type has a greater axial len...