US 11,919,703 B2
Portion capsule having an identifier
Marc Krüger, Bergisch Gladbach (DE)
Assigned to K-FEE SYSTEM GMBH, Bergisch Gladbach (DE)
Filed by K-FEE SYSTEM GMBH, Bergisch Gladbach (DE)
Filed on May 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/330,572.
Application 15/646,980 is a division of application No. 15/211,823, filed on Jul. 15, 2016, abandoned.
Application 15/211,823 is a division of application No. 13/744,623, filed on Jan. 18, 2013, abandoned.
Application 17/330,572 is a continuation of application No. 17/324,182, filed on May 19, 2021.
Application 17/324,182 is a continuation of application No. 17/108,175, filed on Dec. 1, 2020.
Application 17/108,175 is a continuation of application No. 16/860,432, filed on Apr. 28, 2020, granted, now 10,858,177.
Application 16/860,432 is a continuation of application No. 16/438,818, filed on Jun. 12, 2019, granted, now 10,994,923.
Application 16/438,818 is a continuation of application No. 15/646,980, filed on Jul. 11, 2017, granted, now 11,554,910.
Application 13/744,623 is a continuation of application No. PCT/EP2011/003677, filed on Jul. 22, 2011.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2010 031 988.0 (DE), filed on Jul. 22, 2010; application No. 10 2010 044 251.8 (DE), filed on Sep. 2, 2010; and application No. 10 2011 010 534.4 (DE), filed on Feb. 7, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0276792 A1, Sep. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 85/804 (2006.01); A47J 31/36 (2006.01); A47J 31/40 (2006.01); A47J 31/44 (2006.01); B65D 65/46 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 85/8061 (2020.05) [A47J 31/3628 (2013.01); A47J 31/3638 (2013.01); A47J 31/407 (2013.01); A47J 31/4492 (2013.01); B65D 85/8043 (2013.01); B65D 85/8058 (2020.05); B65D 65/466 (2013.01); B65D 2203/06 (2013.01); B65D 2203/10 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A single-serve capsule for making a beverage in a beverage making machine, the single-serve capsule having a base element that is made of a biodegradable material that defines a cavity without a filter, and in which a raw beverage material is provided, the single-serve capsule having an annular flange, the cavity being closed by a cover, which is fastened on a top side of the flange and overlies the raw beverage material to seal the raw beverage material within the cavity, the single-serve capsule comprises a barrier layer to prevent moisture or aroma from escaping out of the single-serve capsule,
wherein the single-serve capsule has an identifier, which makes it possible to individualize the single-serve capsule, the identifier is a code having different reflection properties on a bottom side of the flange, the single-serve capsule is configured to be inserted into a receptacle of the beverage making machine for which the single-serve capsule is designed to be used and in a detecting relationship to a detector of the beverage making machine and then detected by the detector, and only upon detecting the identifier by the detector and then comparing the detected identifier to a stored reference, is a water-providing pump of the beverage making machine activated so that hot water is supplied into the single-serve capsule.