ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,259, issued on March 25, was assigned to SOCIETE DES PRODUITS NESTLE S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Beverage dispenser connector, beverage production device and method for beverage production" was invented by Alexandre Pugliese (Paudex, Switzerland), Alexandre Perentes (Sullens, Switzerland), Antonin Lizon (Morges, Switzerland) and Thomas Gabella (Lausanne, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a beverage dispenser connector (1) comprising a dispenser body (2) defining a cavity (3) with an opening (4) to be open at a side of the dispenser body (2), a connection section (6) to attached the dispe...