ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,209, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).
"Beverage preparation device with thermally optimised architecture" was invented by Renzo Moser (Gummenen, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capsule processing machine (1) for preparing a beverage (3) from an ingredient-containing capsule (2) by passing water into such capsule, has a beverage processing unit (10,20). Such unit (10,20) has a holder (10) delimiting a receiving space (11) for receiving such capsule (2). The unit (10,20) includes a cover (20) for covering the holder (10), the cover (20) and the holder (10) being rela...