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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Starbucks Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Andrew Corlett, Issaquah, WA (US);
Jonathan Levey, Kirkland, WA (US);
Brandon Michael Roberts, Snohomish, WA (US);
Assignee:
Starbucks Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/00 (2006.01); B67D 1/08 (2006.01); B67D 1/10 (2006.01); G07F 13/06 (2006.01); G07F 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 1/0037 (2013.01); B67D 1/0078 (2013.01); B67D 1/0882 (2013.01); B67D 1/0888 (2013.01); B67D 1/10 (2013.01); G07F 13/025 (2013.01); G07F 13/065 (2013.01); B67D 2001/0097 (2013.01); B67D 2210/00034 (2013.01);
Abstract
The disclosure generally relates to an automated modular dispensing platform for creating customized beverages (e.g., using various sauces, syrups, sweeteners, colors and/or flavors added to a base beverage). The automated dispensing platform may simultaneously aggregate beverage modifiers or ingredients (e.g., sweetener, flavor, and/or color) and facilitate automated, efficient cleaning cycles for modular beverage dispensers.