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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:
Oct. 10, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2014
Starbucks Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Izaak Koller, Seattle, WA (US);
Amanda Juris, Seattle, WA (US);
Kathleen L. Ireland, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Jeffrey Jack Fleming, Normandy Park, WA (US);
Farid Sadeghi, Kirkland, WA (US);
Philipe Roget Manoux, Oakland, CA (US);
Adam Mekeel Mack, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Kurt Philip Dammermann, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alan Scott Crarer, Santa Cruz, CA (US);
Starbucks Corporation, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
Present embodiments generally relate to a single-serve beverage cartridge for use with a single-serve coffee brewer. In some embodiments, the cartridge has a body portion, a first filter element, and a second filter element. The cartridge can include a single serving of coffee or another beverage component or precursor. The cartridge can be formed of a biodegradable and/or compostable material. In some embodiments, at least one of the filters is configured to stretch when pressed by a tamping head, thereby allowing the tamping head to be received in the cartridge to facilitate tamping of the beverage component or precursor.