{"number":"US12696996B2","kindCode":"B2","documentType":"grant","title":{"original":"Apparatus and method for preparation of a beverage","english":"Apparatus and method for preparation of a beverage"},"abstract":{"original":"A beverage preparation machine (100) comprising: a brew head (101) for receiving in use a cartridge (200), the cartridge (200) being of a type that comprises one or more beverage ingredients and has a code (201) associated with the cartridge (200) for determining a standard set of brewing parameters; a code reader (104); an activation element (102); and a controller (103) configured to control operation of the beverage preparation machine to prepare a beverage from the one or more beverage ingredients of the cartridge (200) in response to actuation of the activation element (102); the controll…","english":"A beverage preparation machine (100) comprising: a brew head (101) for receiving in use a cartridge (200), the cartridge (200) being of a type that comprises one or more beverage ingredients and has a code (201) associated with the cartridge (200) for determining a standard set of brewing parameters; a code reader (104); an activation element (102); and a controller (103) configured to control operation of the beverage preparation machine to prepare a beverage from the one or more beverage ingredients of the cartridge (200) in response to actuation of the activation element (102); the controll…"},"applicants":["Koninklijke Douwe Egberts B.V."],"inventors":["Sebastian Mirbeth","Paul Saxton"],"filingDate":"2023-12-01","publicationDate":"2026-08-04","grantDate":"2026-08-04","verifiedWithOffice":true,"pdfUrl":"https://downloadpatent.com/pdf/US12696996B2.pdf","pages":{"en":"https://downloadpatent.com/patent/US12696996B2","zh-Hant":"https://downloadpatent.com/zh-Hant/patent/US12696996B2","ja":"https://downloadpatent.com/ja/patent/US12696996B2"}}