Patents by Inventor Matthew D. House

Matthew D. House 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).

  • Publication number: 20240366022
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a beverage dispensing system for parallel beverage extraction. The beverage dispensing system may include two brew chambers configured to both prepare beverage components at the same time. The beverage dispensing system may include two dispensing points configured to simultaneously dispense beverage components prepared by a first brew chamber and a second brew chamber. In some embodiments, a beverage dispensing system configured to prepare beverage components in one brew chamber can be modified to include one or more components, features, and/or functionalities from the beverage dispensing system for parallel beverage extraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew D. House, Kieran A. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20240366021
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a beverage dispensing system for parallel beverage extraction. The beverage dispensing system may include two brew chambers configured to both prepare beverage components at the same time. The beverage dispensing system may include two dispensing points configured to simultaneously dispense beverage components prepared by a first brew chamber and a second brew chamber. In some embodiments, a beverage dispensing system configured to prepare beverage components in one brew chamber can be modified to include one or more components, features, and/or functionalities from the beverage dispensing system for parallel beverage extraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew D. House, Kieran A. Murphy
  • Patent number: 12053117
    Abstract: The disclosure generally relates to a beverage dispensing system for parallel beverage extraction. The beverage dispensing system may include two brew chambers configured to both prepare beverage components at the same time. The beverage dispensing system may include two dispensing points configured to simultaneously dispense beverage components prepared by a first brew chamber and a second brew chamber. In some embodiments, a beverage dispensing system configured to prepare beverage components in one brew chamber can be modified to include one or more components, features, and/or functionalities from the beverage dispensing system for parallel beverage extraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: Starbucks Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew D. House, Kieran A. Murphy
  • Publication number: 20240245069
    Abstract: A device for preparing an extract may have a plurality of extraction chambers. Each extraction chamber may include an aspect ratio where the aspect ratio is defined by dividing a length of each extraction chamber by a width of each extraction chamber. A flow of extraction medium may be introduced through the extraction chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Matthew D. House, Elizabeth M. Guilherme, Jeffrey J. Chapman, Kieran A. Murphy