Patents by Inventor Nick Hensen

Nick Hensen 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).

  • Machine for the preparation of beverages
    Patent number: 7316178
    Abstract: A beverage preparation machine for preparing a beverage from a cartridge containing one or more beverage ingredients comprising a first piercing element for forming an inlet, in use, in a cartridge received in the beverage preparation machine and a second piercing element for forming an outlet, in use, in said cartridge, characterised in that the first and second piercing elements are formed as a single removable unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: Kraft Foods R & D, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Halliday, Nick Hensen, Steve Carter