ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,114, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to FLUID-O-TECH S.R.L. (Corsico, Italy).

"Carbonation device for beverages and related carbonation sensor" was invented by Fabrizio Tessicini (Imola, Italy), Michele Norgia (Milan) and Diego Andreis (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carbonation device for beverages includes a carbonation tank to receive a beverage to be carbonated and carbon dioxide so as to generate a carbonated beverage, carbonated with the carbon dioxide, and a dispensing device in fluid communication with the carbonation tank to dispense, through a duct, the carbonated beverage to a container for carbonated beverages, the ...