ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,056, issued on April 1, was assigned to Versabev Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"System and method for storing and selectively dispensing liquids" was invented by Harry Otto (Bronxville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The inventive system and method advantageously enable superior preserved storage and selective dispensation of liquids by storing wine (or other liquids) in a pressurized environment to ensure that the stored liquid does not come into contact with air, and then by selectively dispensing a portion of the stored liquid, in accordance with a desired dispensing regime, by utilizing a controlled source of pressure force to ap...