ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,645, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Kevo Brew LLC (Transfer, Pa.).

"Cold brew devices, systems and methods" was invented by Paul Andrew McMahon (Transfer, Pa.) and Ryan Christopher Maloney (Chalottesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Versatile devices, systems, and methods of cold brewing coffee and/or tea using pre-manufactured disposable coffee-containing cups. Alternatively, coffee or tea may be placed within a meshed container for cold brew. A single mug device and large volume dispensers using the same cold brew technique, which has been shown to produce higher dissolved coffee/tea, resulting in a higher quality bev...