US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on Feb. 4 for "Beverage dispenser with powder container" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,616, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Beverage dispenser with powder container" was invented by Flavien Dubief (Champagne, Switzerland), Kevin Jamolli (Pully, Switzerland) and Paul Michel (Lausanne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns a beverage preparation machine (100) for preparing a beverage from a beverage ingredient powder, said machine comprising:-at least one container (1, 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d) configured for storing a beverage ingredient powder and comprising a powder outlet (11, 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d) for dispensing at least one dose of said bevera...