US Patent Issued to Koninklijke Douwe Egberts, Koninklijke Philips on Oct. 28 for "Dispensing module for a beverage preparation machine" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,435, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V. (Utrecht, Netherlands) and Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Dispensing module for a beverage preparation machine" was invented by Joeke Noordhuis (Groningen, Netherlands) and Johan Van Toor (Drachten, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Dispensing module for a beverage preparation machine For providing a beverage with a proper consistency using a capsule-based brewing system wherein hot liquid is injected into the capsule under pressure, which capsule is placed against a brewing plate (210) with protrusion (212) arranged to cut the capsul...