ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,400, issued on May 13, was assigned to FrieslandCampina Nederland B.V. (Amersfoort, Netherlands).

"Foamed product dispensing system, and product container" was invented by Mark Robert Rene Massa (Wageningen, Netherlands), Robert Matheus Adriaan Poets (Wageningen, Netherlands) and Koen Beeckman (Wageningen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foamed product dispensing system that includes: a product dispensing machine configured to receive an exchangeable product container; and a product container configured to cooperate with the product dispensing machine after placement in the machine, wherein the product container contains...