ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,655, issued on June 24, was assigned to GCS GERMAN CAPSULE SOLUTION GMBH (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany).
"Single-serve capsule for preparing a beverage in a beverage preparation machine, and system for preparing a beverage from said single-serve capsule" was invented by Marc Kruger (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany) and Gunter Empl (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a single-serve capsule (1) for preparing a beverage in a beverage preparation machine, wherein: the single-serve capsule (1) comprises a base element (2), which has a cavity (3) for receiving a beverage raw material, and a capsule ...