Patents Assigned to Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
  • BEVERAGE PREPARATION MACHINE WITH INLET ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20210393071
    Abstract: An inlet arrangement of a beverage forming apparatus is provided, where the inlet arrangement is configured to deliver liquid to a beverage cartridge. The inlet arrangement includes a central inlet port and a plurality of inlet ports arranged around the central inlet port. The beverage forming apparatus has the ability to implement different dispensing operations in which dispensing occurs through selectable subsets of the inlet ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Blair Mikkelsen, Steven Mackey, Joseph George Fucci, Roger Johnson
  • AIR PREHEATING OF BREW CHAMBER
    Publication number: 20210315409
    Abstract: A beverage machine having a heater arranged to receive unheated liquid and deliver heated liquid to a dispensing station to form a beverage, and to receive unheated air and deliver heated air to the dispensing station to preheat portions of the dispensing station before forming a beverage. The machine may be arranged to deliver heated air to the dispensing station only if a temperature at the dispensing station is below a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicant: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Huang Jianming, Blair Mikkelsen, Roger Johnson, Carl Gottfried Kammer
  • Beverage cartridge
    Patent number: 11001436
    Abstract: A beverage cartridge and method for forming a beverage cartridge. An outer cup may be made of paper and a polymer liner provided at the inner space of the cup. The liner may define an interior space that is closed by a lid, and the liner and lid may be impervious to moisture and gases, e.g., to protect a beverage material in the interior space. A filter may be attached to the liner and/or lid, and the liner may be peelably removable from the cup. The liner, filter and/or lid may be removable together from the cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventor: Stanley Michael Marcinkowski
  • REUSABLE BEVERAGE CARTRIDGE
    Publication number: 20210127889
    Abstract: A reusable cartridge and method for forming a beverage using a beverage machine. The cartridge may include multiple openings, e.g., arranged to receive an inlet needle, through which liquid may be introduced into the cartridge. One or more of the openings may be closed to flow, e.g., by a plug that engages with a corresponding opening by a friction fit. A filter basket may be inserted or removed into the interior space through the opening and a cover may engage at top to seal the opening closed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert John Sasena, Elaine Marie Duffy, Kin Chung Choi
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D921008
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Connors, William Pacheco, Lisa Fortini Watts
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D921009
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Connors, William Pacheco, Lisa Fortini Watts
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D921010
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Connors, William Pacheco
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D921011
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Connors, William Pacheco, Lisa Fortini Watts
  • Display screen or portion thereof with graphical user interface
    Patent number: D921012
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Connors, William Pacheco, Lisa Fortini Watts
  • Gasket arrangement
    Patent number: D922548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Dana Cassano, Blair Mikkelsen, Joseph George Fucci
  • Needle arrangement
    Patent number: D925281
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Dana Cassano, Blair Mikkelsen, Geoffrey Y. Smith
  • Beverage cartridge
    Patent number: D931044
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert John Sasena, Elaine Marie Duffy, Kin Chung Choi
  • Beverage cartridge
    Patent number: D931045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert John Sasena, Elaine Marie Duffy, Kin Chung Choi
  • Beverage cartridge
    Patent number: D931046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert John Sasena, Elaine Marie Duffy, Kin Chung Choi
  • Beverage cartridge
    Patent number: D931047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert John Sasena, Elaine Marie Duffy, Kin Chung Choi
  • Beverage cartridge holder
    Patent number: D931056
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Paul Thompson, Matthew John Maitland, Iain James Sabberton, Peter David Cauwood, Peter Jerome Warren, Hongchuan Zhu, Bo Ma, Joel Swerchesky
  • Container
    Patent number: D933420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Steffen F. Koury, Paul K. Metaxatos, Benjamin Hines, Brent Boswell, Benjamin Worth Coble
  • Handle
    Patent number: D936445
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventor: Iain James Sabberton
  • Beverage cartridge
    Patent number: D939890
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert John Sasena, Elaine Marie Duffy, Kin Chung Choi
  • Beverage machine
    Patent number: D943331
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter David Cauwood, Iain James Sabberton, Matthew John Maitland, Keith Paul Thompson