ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,984, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to FLUID-O-TECH S.R.L. (Corsico, Italy).

"Device for the production of foam of a liquid, particularly of a food liquid such as milk, coffee or the like" 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 device for producing foam, particularly of a liquid such as milk or coffee, includes a liquid source, a source of air or another gas, a mixing device in fluid communication with the liquid source and air source adapted to mix the liquid coming from the liquid source with the air coming from the air source to generate ...