ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,390, issued on March 18, was assigned to Marmon Foodservice Technologies Inc. (Osseo, Minn.).
"Beverage dispensing machine with cup dispenser" was invented by Zachary Dresser (Batavia, Ill.), David Njaastad (Palatine, Ill.), Michael Graef (Aurora, Ill.), Daniel Muskin-Pierret (Oak Park, Ill.), Brian Mathews (Sycamore, Ill.) and Kevin Michael Carrara (Des Plaines, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cup dispensing system in an automated dispensing beverage dispensing system receives a first supply of cups at a first dispensing assembly with a first selective release device and receives a second supply of cups at a second dispensing...