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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2017
Soiété Des Produits Nestlé S.a., Vevey, CH;
Andre Noth, Pully, CH;
Societe des Produits Nestle S.A., Vevey, CH;
Abstract
A container for a foodstuff or beverage preparation machine, the container for containing beverage or foodstuff material and comprising a code encoding preparation information, the code comprising a reference portion and a data portion: the reference portion comprising an arrangement of at least two reference units defining a reference point and a reference line r extending from said point; the data portion comprising a data unit arranged on an encoding line D, the encoding line D extending from the reference point and arranged at an angle a to the reference line r, the data unit arranged a distance d from the reference point as a variable to at least partially encode a parameter of the preparation information.