ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,098, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to FLUID-O-TECH S.R.L. (Corsico, Italy).

"System for automatic filling of a glass and related process for automatic filling of a glass" was invented by Fabrizio Tessicini (Imola, Italy), Francesco Butera (Arese, Italy), Diego Andreis (Milan) and Gianluca Mezzanzanica (Legnano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a system (1) for automatic filling of a beverage container (2), comprising a beverage dispensing device (3), adapted, in a use configuration, for dispensing a beverage into a container (2) positioned below said dispensing device (3).According to the inve...