US Patent Issued to PepsiCo on May 27 for "Beverage dispensing nozzle" (New York, Massachusetts, California, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,399, issued on May 27, was assigned to PepsiCo Inc. (Purchase, N.Y.).

"Beverage dispensing nozzle" was invented by Evans Eboigbodin (White Plains, N.Y.), Steven T. Jersey (Laguna Niguel, Calif.), Fernando A. Ubidia (Ludlow, Mass.), Aaron Stein (Middletown, Conn.) and Jose-Luis Arroyo (Springfield, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nozzle for dispensing a beverage includes a nozzle head having a base liquid inlet configured to receive a base liquid and a flavoring inlet configured to receive a flavoring. The nozzle further includes a diffuser assembly that is in fluid communication with the base liquid inlet and which includes a ...