US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on June 24 for "System and method for forming a compostable pod for beverages from a sheet having a controlled moisture level" (French, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,569, issued on June 24, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"System and method for forming a compostable pod for beverages from a sheet having a controlled moisture level" was invented by Nicola Galaffu (Ornex, France), Karim Missoum (Pusignan, France), Gerhard Niederreiter (Vevey, Switzerland) and Hans Wipraechtiger (Hergiswil b.W, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a system (100) for manufacturing a compostable pod (900) for brewing products. Therein, the pod (900) is made from a sheet (600) made of a biodegradable cellulose-based material. The system (100) compris...