ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,526, issued on May 27, was assigned to Meticulous Home Inc. (Claymont, Del.).

"System for automated brew cycles and machine controls and interfaces" was invented by Juan Carlos Lopez Pendas (Puebla, Mexico), Uriel Guerrero Pastrana (Puebla, Mexico), Javier Alejandro Esparza Solis (Puebla, Mexico), Xavier Gonzalez de la Cruz (Puebla, Mexico), Josue Vergara Flores (Puebla, Mexico) and Maria del Carmen Ramirez Franco (Puebla, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes: a water reservoir configured to store water; a brew chamber extending below and contiguous with the water reservoir; a piston configured to run in the brew c...