ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,862, issued on June 17, was assigned to Tower Coffee Inc. (Bend, Ore.).
"Single serving beverage preparation cup" was invented by Robert Brown (Bend, Ore.) and Brent Patterson (Bend, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for a single serving beverage preparation cup are provided. The single serving beverage preparation cup may include a plurality of reverse teardrop ribs that may channel water combined with dried ingredients, for example coffee grounds, through the single serving beverage preparation cup. By channeling the combined water and dried ingredients through the single serving beverage preparation cup, the ...