ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,682, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Kerflummox Holdings LLC (Hanover, N.H.).
"C. bot prevention in coffee" was invented by Janice Benson (Etna, N.H.) and Oussama Sabky (Dedham, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A packaged coffee product with oxygen dissolved therein along with milk and/or sweeteners in the sealed packaging is provided. Preferably, the pH of the product is 4.6 or greater, preferably 5.0 or greater. The coffee product may be hot or cold brew coffee and may have other gasses such as nitrogen and/or carbon-dioxide in the sealed container. Ideally, there is oxygen in both the headspace and liquid portion of the be...