US Patent Issued to Societe des Produits Nestle on Nov. 25 for "Apparatus and method for roasting coffee beans" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,085, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).

"Apparatus and method for roasting coffee beans" was invented by Flavien Dubief (Champagne, Switzerland), Stefano Ceccaroli (Chavornay, Switzerland) and Nicolas Bigler (Morrens, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of roasting coffee beans with a roasting device positioned in a room, and the roasting device includes a roasting device and a smoke treating unit configured to treat the smoke produced in the roasting device and to prevent the dispense of air contaminants in the room. The method includes introducing coffee beans i...