ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,131, issued on April 29, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE DOUWE EGBERTS B.V. (Utrecht, Netherlands).
"Drainage connector unit and assembly for the drainage of liquid waste of beverage dispensing devices" was invented by Nicolaas Wilhelmus Zandvliet (Leimuiden, Netherlands), Koen Standaar (Soest, Netherlands) and Hendrik Johan Dees (Utrecht, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Drainage connector unit and assembly for the drainage of liquid waste of beverage dispensing devices A dispensing and drainage assembly (1) and a drainage connector unit (13) for drainage of liquid waste of beverage dispensing devices. The assembly (1) comprise...