Patents by Inventor Miles Pennington

Miles Pennington 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).

  • Tea brewing method and apparatus
    Patent number: 6564697
    Abstract: A machine for brewing tea. The machine has a housing, a vessel for receiving leaf tea and a hot water supply that supplies hot water to that vessel. The leaf tea is physically agitated within the vessel to maximise the rate and extent of infusion and the resulting infusion is siphoned out of the vessel before it is dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian John Maxwell, Charanjit Singh Nandra, Miles Pennington, Anthony Edward Quinn
  • Tea brewing method and apparatus
    Publication number: 20020104442
    Abstract: A machine for brewing tea. The machine has a housing, a vessel for receiving leaf tea and a hot water supply that supplies hot water to that vessel. The leaf tea is physically agitated within the vessel to maximise the rate and extent of infusion and the resulting infusion is siphoned out of the vessel before it is dispensed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2001
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Applicant: Lipton, Division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Adrian John Maxwell, Charanjit Singh Nandra, Miles Pennington, Anthony Edward Quinn
  • Tea brewing apparatus
    Patent number: 6250208
    Abstract: A machine for brewing tea, particularly in a shoc situation. The machine has a housing and at least one brewing assembly. The brewing assembly is formed to hold a brewing cup that has a filter that defines and separates a first cavity within the brewing cup for containing tea leaves and a second cavity from which tea leaves are excluded. The housing has a water supply that supplies a predetermined volume of water at a temperature that is suitable for infusing tea leaves. It also has a water supply channel for delivering the water into the first cavity of the brewing cup, and a siphon tube that has a siphoning end that extends orthogonally upward into the second cavity of the brewing cup and a downward projecting dispensing end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Lipton, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: David Helps, Timothy Hope Jebb, Charanjit Singh Nandra, Benjamin Phalan Oates, Miles Pennington
  • Tea brewing machine
    Patent number: D494405
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Unilever Bestoods, North American, division of Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Charanjit Singh Nandra, Miles Pennington