ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,728, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to GCS German Capsule Solution GmbH (Bergisch Gladbach, Germany).
"Seal for a 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, said single serve capsule (1) having a liquid-tight base element (2) having a cavity (3) for receiving a beverage raw material and a capsule cover (4) sealing the cavity (3)."
The patent was filed on Nov. 22, 2019, under Application No. 17/294,437.
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