Patents by Inventor Scott DUNKLE

Scott DUNKLE 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).

  • METHOD AND MACHINE FOR DISPENSING AN INDIVIDUAL FORMULATION OF A BEVERAGE
    Publication number: 20260132012
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for developing and providing a personalized distilled spirit, or other beverage, to a user who responds to a collection of stimulus in the form of taste samples, smell samples, written, and/or visual representations. The user's responses to the stimulus may be compared to expert responses in a database to create a recommended recipe resulting in one or more customized product samples being either physical products or written/visual responses in the form of tasting notes or a flavor map, for example. The user can then modify their customized spirit, repeating the process as many times as they wish and then submit for the production and purchase of the recipe based on an array of spirits or other beverages that is then combined using a blending machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2026
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Douglas B. HALL, Joe GIRGASH, Scott DUNKLE
  • Method and machine for dispensing an individual formulation of a beverage
    Patent number: 12534356
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for developing and providing a personalized distilled spirit, or other beverage, to a user who responds to a collection of stimulus in the form of taste samples, smell samples, written, and/or visual representations. The user's responses to the stimulus may be compared to expert responses in a database to create a recommended recipe resulting in one or more customized product samples being either physical products or written/visual responses in the form of tasting notes or a flavor map, for example. The user can then modify their customized spirit, repeating the process as many times as they wish and then submit for the production and purchase of the recipe based on an array of spirits or other beverages that is then combined using a blending machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Brain Brew Ventures 3.0, Inc.
    Inventors: Douglas B. Hall, Joe Girgash, Scott Dunkle
  • METHOD AND MACHINE FOR DISPENSING AN INDIVIDUAL FORMULATION OF A BEVERAGE
    Publication number: 20230029220
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for developing and providing a personalized distilled spirit, or other beverage, to a user who responds to a collection of stimulus in the form of taste samples, smell samples, written, and/or visual representations. The user's responses to the stimulus may be compared to expert responses in a database to create a recommended recipe resulting in one or more customized product samples being either physical products or written/visual responses in the form of tasting notes or a flavor map, for example. The user can then modify their customized spirit, repeating the process as many times as they wish and then submit for the production and purchase of the recipe based on an array of spirits or other beverages that is then combined using a blending machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Douglas B. HALL, Joe GIRGASH, Scott DUNKLE