Patents by Inventor Alain Duffosse

Alain Duffosse has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Beverage dispensing container, apparatus, system and method
    Patent number: 10544028
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a beverage dispensing system including at least one beverage dispensing container, a computing device and a base unit upon or within which, in use, the at least one container is positioned. The at least one container includes a reservoir of beverage, a communication element for storing data indicative of contents of the beverage dispensing container, a manually actuatable dispensing valve selectively controlling flow of beverage from the reservoir to a container outlet, and pressurizing means for pressurizing beverage against the dispensing valve such that when the dispensing valve is opened beverage flows from the reservoir and out the container outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Pernod Ricard SA
    Inventors: Ian Allan Guy, Sarah Helen Liddell, Steven John Kelly, James Ashley Gadd, Tom Foran, Alain Duffosse, Vlastimil Spelda, Amaury Cointreau
  • Beverage Dispensing Container, Apparatus, System and Method
    Publication number: 20160297666
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a beverage dispensing system including at least one beverage dispensing container, a computing device and a base unit upon or within which, in use, the at least one container is positioned. The at least one container includes a reservoir of beverage, a communication element for storing data indicative of contents of the beverage dispensing container, a manually actuatable dispensing valve selectively controlling flow of beverage from the reservoir to a container outlet, and pressurizing means for pressurizing beverage against the dispensing valve such that when the dispensing valve is opened beverage flows from the reservoir and out the container outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Ian Allan Guy, Sarah Helen Liddell, Steven John Kelly, James Ashley Gadd, Tom Foran, Alain Duffosse, Vlastimil Spelda, Amaury Cointreau