ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,303, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Beverage maker and control method of the same" was invented by Jinpyo Hong (Seoul, South Korea), Yongbum Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Youngjin Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage maker includes a fermentation module, a gas discharge channel connected to the fermentation module, a gas discharge valve connected to the gas discharge channel, a storage tank connected to the gas discharge value and provided with a space capable of accommodating gas therein, an actuator configured to inject gas collected in the space of the storag...