ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,953, issued on March 25, was assigned to fairlife LLC (Chicago).

"Liquid product dispensing system and method" was invented by Gerald Dobbins (Skokie, Ill.), Timothy Peter Doelman (Glencoe, Ill.), John Hengesbach (Carmel, Ind.) and Brett Malsom (West Fargo, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment system and method for dispensing multiple dairy products includes a dispenser which houses two or more dairy product bases with different formulations, which may be combined with or without water to create a multitude of homogenous dairy beverages. The two or more dairy product bases may be mixed together first and then separately...