ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,063, issued on May 20, was assigned to Hamilton Beach Brands Inc. (Glen Allen, Va.).
"Beverage-making machine" was invented by Jie Zhao (Midlothian, Va.) and Adam Hanes (Glen Allen, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage-making machine includes: a housing; a fluid reservoir mounted to the housing; a pump fluidly connected with the water reservoir; a heating unit; and a brew station having an outlet; wherein the fluid reservoir, the pump, the heating unit and the brew station define a fluid path. The beverage-making machine further comprises a controller configured to: (a) detect performance of a pre-brewing action, and in resp...