ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,451, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Societe des Produits Nestle S.A. (Vevey, Switzerland).
"Roasting and grinding apparatus for coffee beans" was invented by Youcef Ait Bouziad (Echandens, Switzerland) and Alfred Yoakim (St-Legier-la Chiesaz, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a roasting and grinding apparatus for coffee beans comprising a roasting device (50) and an associated grinding device (60); the roasting device (50) being configured for receiving coffee beans of a certain type that will be roasted, the roasting device (50) comprising reading means (53) to identify the characteristics of the ...