ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,651, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to LUIGI LAVAZZA S.P.A. (Turin, Italy).
"Container, system and method for preparing fluid food products" was invented by Carlo Carbonini (Turin, Italy) and Carlo De Mango (Turin, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealed disposable container (11) for preparing and retaining a food product (17') has an entry wall (13), a bottom wall (14) opposite to the entry wall (13), and a lateral wall (15), which define an internal volume (16) pre-packaged in which is a predetermined amount of at least one first food substance (17) or of a precursor thereof. The entry wall (13) has at least one axially holl...