ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,188, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LNJ Group LLC (Glen Head, N.Y.).

"Beverage dispensing machine and pouch for use with beverage dispensing machine" was invented by Marshal Chang (Westminster, Md.), Jeremy M Fallis Jr. (Bethlehem, Pa.) and Brian Orme (Phoenixville, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage dispensing device includes a housing, a receptacle, means for opening a beverage dispenser, a thermoelectric cooler, an aeration component, and a discharge nozzle. The housing has a flow path. The receptacle is for receiving a beverage container that houses a beverage and for discharging wine into the flow path. The means ...