ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,955, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE DOUWE EGBERTS B.V. (Utrecht, Netherlands).
"Capsule, system and method for preparing a beverage" was invented by Glen Andrew Oliver (Banbury, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a capsule containing a substance constituted by a mass of loose, solid particles, for the preparation of a potable beverage by extracting and/or dissolving the substance by means of supplying a fluid under pressure into the capsule, a screen, permeable to water and impermeable to a predominant portion of particles of the substance is positioned between the substance and the bottom. The screen is at...