Patents by Inventor Jonathan Levey

Jonathan Levey 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).

  • Patent number: 12281000
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to an automated modular dispensing platform for creating customized beverages (e.g., using various sauces, syrups, sweeteners, colors and/or flavors added to a base beverage). The automated dispensing platform may simultaneously aggregate beverage modifiers or ingredients (e.g., sweetener, flavor, and/or color) and facilitate automated, efficient cleaning cycles for modular beverage dispensers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Starbucks Corporation
    Inventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Andrew Corlett, Jonathan Levey, Brandon Michael Roberts
  • Publication number: 20250033946
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to an automated modular dispensing platform for creating customized beverages (e.g., using various sauces, syrups, sweeteners, colors and/or flavors added to a base beverage). The automated dispensing platform may simultaneously aggregate beverage modifiers or ingredients (e.g., sweetener, flavor, and/or color) and facilitate automated, efficient cleaning cycles for modular beverage dispensers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Andrew Corlett, Jonathan Levey, Brandon Michael Roberts
  • Publication number: 20240375929
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to an automated modular dispensing platform for creating customized beverages (e.g., using various sauces, syrups, sweeteners, colors and/or flavors added to a base beverage). The automated dispensing platform may simultaneously aggregate beverage modifiers or ingredients (e.g., sweetener, flavor, and/or color) and facilitate automated, efficient cleaning cycles for modular beverage dispensers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Andrew Corlett, Jonathan Levey, Brandon Michael Roberts
  • Publication number: 20240375928
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to an automated modular dispensing platform for creating customized beverages (e.g., using various sauces, syrups, sweeteners, colors and/or flavors added to a base beverage). The automated dispensing platform may simultaneously aggregate beverage modifiers or ingredients (e.g., sweetener, flavor, and/or color) and facilitate automated, efficient cleaning cycles for modular beverage dispensers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Andrew Corlett, Jonathan Levey, Brandon Michael Roberts
  • Publication number: 20240375930
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to an automated modular dispensing platform for creating customized beverages (e.g., using various sauces, syrups, sweeteners, colors and/or flavors added to a base beverage). The automated dispensing platform may simultaneously aggregate beverage modifiers or ingredients (e.g., sweetener, flavor, and/or color) and facilitate automated, efficient cleaning cycles for modular beverage dispensers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Andrew Corlett, Jonathan Levey, Brandon Michael Roberts
  • Publication number: 20240336469
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to an ingredient-based dispensing system for creating customized beverages with ingredients (e.g., using various sauces, syrups, sweeteners, colors and/or flavors added to a base beverage). The ingredient-based dispensing system may include a volume-based dispensing system for automatically dispensing ingredients with a varying viscosity (e.g., sauces) and a time-based dispensing system for automatically dispensing ingredients with a consistent viscosity (e.g., flavors, syrups, and/or colors).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Jonathan Levey, Ryan T. Bell
  • Publication number: 20240300709
    Abstract: A self-leveling container system may include a container and a lid. The lid may include a leveling mechanism coupled to a first portion of the lid a distance from a front edge of the first portion. The lid may include a second portion rotatably coupled to the first portion. The leveling mechanism may be configured to contact a scoop to remove excess of one or more substances in a scoop when the scoop is removed from the recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Brandon Michael Roberts, Jonathan Levey, Ryan M. Gorham
  • Publication number: 20240184314
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods of pumping fluids and fluid pump devices and systems. The systems described herein include an adjustable pump configured to expel fluid at a plurality of flow rates. The systems include at least one current measurement device communicatively coupled to the pump and configured to measure an electrical current applied to the pump. The systems include a controller communicatively coupled to the pump and the at least one current measurement device. The controller is configured to adjust an operating parameter of the pump based at least in part on a measurement of the electrical current measured by the at least one current measurement device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventor: Jonathan Levey
  • Publication number: 20230021411
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to an automated modular dispensing platform for creating customized beverages (e.g., using various sauces, syrups, sweeteners, colors and/or flavors added to a base beverage). The automated dispensing platform may simultaneously aggregate beverage modifiers or ingredients (e.g., sweetener, flavor, and/or color) and facilitate automated, efficient cleaning cycles for modular beverage dispensers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Andrew Corlett, Jonathan Levey, Brandon Michael Roberts
  • Patent number: 11535504
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to an automated modular dispensing platform for creating customized beverages (e.g., using various sauces, syrups, sweeteners, colors and/or flavors added to a base beverage). The automated dispensing platform may simultaneously aggregate beverage modifiers or ingredients (e.g., sweetener, flavor, and/or color) and facilitate automated, efficient cleaning cycles for modular beverage dispensers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Starbucks Corporation
    Inventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Andrew Corlett, Jonathan Levey, Brandon Michael Roberts
  • Publication number: 20220297995
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to an automated modular dispensing platform for creating customized beverages (e.g., using various sauces, syrups, sweeteners, colors and/or flavors added to a base beverage). The automated dispensing platform may simultaneously aggregate beverage modifiers or ingredients (e.g., sweetener, flavor, and/or color) and facilitate automated, efficient cleaning cycles for modular beverage dispensers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Andrew Corlett, Jonathan Levey, Brandon Michael Roberts
  • Patent number: 11440784
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to an automated modular dispensing platform for creating customized beverages (e.g., using various sauces, syrups, sweeteners, colors and/or flavors added to a base beverage). The automated dispensing platform may simultaneously aggregate beverage modifiers or ingredients (e.g., sweetener, flavor, and/or color) and facilitate automated, efficient cleaning cycles for modular beverage dispensers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Starbucks Corporation
    Inventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Andrew Corlett, Jonathan Levey, Brandon Michael Roberts
  • Publication number: 20210221667
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to an automated modular dispensing platform for creating customized beverages (e.g., using various sauces, syrups, sweeteners, colors and/or flavors added to a base beverage). The automated dispensing platform may simultaneously aggregate beverage modifiers or ingredients (e.g., sweetener, flavor, and/or color) and facilitate automated, efficient cleaning cycles for modular beverage dispensers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Natarajan Venkatakrishnan, Andrew Corlett, Jonathan Levey, Brandon Michael Roberts
  • Cup
    Patent number: D1025710
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Starbucks Corporation
    Inventors: Rob Vanderhenst, Andrew James Corlett, Jonathan Levey, Brandon Michael Roberts, Eric Schmidt, Randal Caleb Warwick
  • Patent number: D1044377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Starbucks Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon M. Roberts, Jonathan Levey, Ryan M. Gorham