ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,323, issued on April 8, was assigned to Savepods Inc. (East Northport, N.Y.).

"Single serve pod system, single serve pod assembly system, pod dispenser system, pod apparatus, filter apparatus, process of assembly, and methods of use" was invented by John Mamtsaderis (Commack, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single serve pod system, a single serve pod assembly system, a single serve coffee system, a single serve coffee pod apparatus, a filter apparatus, a process of assembling a single serve reusable pod, and methods of use are presented in this disclosure. More specifically, and without limitation, the present disclosure relate...