US Patent Issued to PepsiCo on May 13 for "Device and method for nucleation of a supercooled beverage using an ultrasonic transducer" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,398, issued on May 13, was assigned to PepsiCo Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Device and method for nucleation of a supercooled beverage using an ultrasonic transducer" was invented by Eleonor Dorin Stoenescu (Stamford, Conn.), Emad Jafa (Brewster, N.Y.) and Samuel Luke Johnstone (Great Shelford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage nucleation device includes a housing, a beverage receiving area defined by the housing for receiving a beverage container containing a supercooled beverage, and a support configured to support the beverage container in an upright orientation in the beverage container receiving area. The bevera...