ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,490,854, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Lotus Pursuits LLC (New York City, N.Y.).

"Juice separation apparatus with supported filtering device and nonpermeable press" was invented by Jai Patel (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid separation apparatus includes a container for capturing liquid juice separated from blended juice. The fluid separation apparatus also includes a filter basket supported by the container. The filter basket includes an upper portion that engages with the container and a cylindrical extension portion that extends from the upper portion. The fluid separation apparatus also has a filtering device that c...