Beverage dispensing system and method
CA 2546767 C · Owner: Hageman, Christopher D. · Inventors: Higgins, Randolph J.; Paul, Joseph M.; Hageman, Christopher D.
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A beverage dispensing system and method for dispensing a beverage comprising water from a water source. Some embodiments of the beverage system can include a housing an inlet adapted to be coupled to the water source a concentrate source containing concentrate a dispensing outlet, a fluid line, and a valve. The dispensing outlet can dispense at least one of water and the concentrate. The fluid line can fluidly couple the water source and the dispensing outlet. The valve can be positioned to supply any desired amount of concentrate in a range of concentrate amounts from the concentrate source to the fluid line. The range of concentrate amounts can correspond to a range of water amounts …
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- Filed May 12, 2006 and granted July 31, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 12, 2026.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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