US Patent Issued to Miso Robotics on May 13 for "Automated beverage dispensing system" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,093, issued on May 13, was assigned to Miso Robotics Inc. (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Automated beverage dispensing system" was invented by Ryan R. Wach (Valencia, Calif.), Ziwei Zheng (Los Angeles), Benjamin Brinton Jordan (Sammamish, Wash.) and Troy M. Swartwood (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is an automated beverage dispensing system for dispensing a beverage into a cup based on an order. The automated beverage dispenser may include a conveyor and a plurality of functional stations along the conveyor route. Exemplary stations include a cup singulation or placement station, an ice dispensing station, a beverage d...