ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,525, issued on May 27, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Coffee machine" was invented by Tim Gerard Tibbe (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coffee machine is for brewing coffee in a brewing chamber and has a waste bin for collecting coffee grinds after brewing and a drip tray for collecting waste water. A sensor system is provided for detecting manual removal of the waste bin and/or the drip tray and a count is made of the number of brews since the last removal of the waste bin and/or drip tray. Information is then displayed showing the number of brews, or the fraction of brews...