US Patent Issued to YUM CONNECT on Sept. 16 for "Automated beverage dispenser system and method" (Kentucky, South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,716, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to YUM CONNECT LLC (Louisville, Ky.).

"Automated beverage dispenser system and method" was invented by Aaron Thomas (Louisville, Ky.), Karl Thomas Szatrowski (Louisville, Ky.), Hunter Patrick Wyer (Lexington, S.C.), Zachary Logan Dulcie (Columbia, S.C.), James Timothy Hance Jr. (Columbia, S.C.), Grant Rorie Phillips (Columbia, S.C.), Paul Christopher Brown (Elgin, S.C.), Mark William Ahring (Columbia, S.C.) and Sarah Kathrine Gilliam (Charleston, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beverage production system is provided that includes a turntable assembly comprising a central axis. The turntabl...