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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 23, 2011
Applicants:

Anthony Edward Quinn, Sharnbrock, GB;

Osvaldo Maffei, Sharnbrook, GB;

Robert Wim Bronwasser, Amsterdam, NL;

Raffaele Zandona, Vicenza, IT;

Inventors:

Anthony Edward Quinn, Sharnbrock, GB;

Osvaldo Maffei, Sharnbrook, GB;

Robert Wim Bronwasser, Amsterdam, NL;

Raffaele Zandona, Vicenza, IT;

Assignee:

Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 85/804 (2006.01); A47J 31/40 (2006.01); A23F 3/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 85/8043 (2013.01); A23F 3/18 (2013.01); A47J 31/407 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention provides a method for brewing a beverage in a brewing apparatus, wherein a cartridge containing infusible material is connected to a brew chamber and will form the bottom of the brew chamber. By the introduction of air through the filter of the cartridge, water and infusible material are mixed, and an effective brewing process is conducted. After brewing the beverage is discharged into a receptacle through the filter of the cartridge, leaving infusible material behind in the cartridge. The invention also provides a cartridge for use in the method.


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