ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,250, issued on July 29, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).
"Kit for the preparation of a beverage in a centrifugal brewing device" was invented by Daniel Abegglen (Rances, Switzerland), Arnaud Gerbaulet (Oye et Pallet, France), Jean-Francois Tinembart (Yverdon, Switzerland) and Alexandre Perentes (Lausanne, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Kit for the preparation of a beverage in a centrifugal brewing device comprising a capsule by feeding liquid in the capsule and rotating the capsule along a central axis to produce centrifugal forces on the liquid traversing the capsule thereby forcing ...