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AI-Powered Coffee Flavor Enhancement System

Publication ID: 24-11856975_0006_PTD
Published: October 26, 2025
Category:Direct Improvements & Enhancements

Legal Citation

pr1or.art Inc., “AI-Powered Coffee Flavor Enhancement System,” Published Technical Disclosure No. 24-11856975_0006_PTD, Published October 26, 2025, available at https://archive.pr1or.art/24-11856975_0006_PTD
This technical disclosure describes improvements that would be readily apparent to a Person Having Ordinary Skill In The Art (PHOSITA) when considered in combination with the foundational architecture disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 11,856,975.

Background and Problem Solved

The original patent disclosed a method of enhancing flavor qualities of coffee by adding flavor enhancing compounds. However, it had limitations in terms of flavor profiling, compound identification, and real-time addition. This new invention addresses these limitations by providing a system that integrates flavor profiling, compound identification, and real-time addition to achieve a desired flavor profile.

Novelty and Inventive Step

The new claims introduce a system-level approach to coffee flavor enhancement, which is novel and non-obvious compared to the original patent's method-level approach. The integration of flavor profiling, compound identification, and real-time addition provides a significant improvement in coffee flavor quality.

Alternative Embodiments and Variations

Alternative embodiments of the invention include using different machine learning algorithms for flavor profiling, varying the solvent-free extraction process, and implementing the system in different coffee brewing systems. Variations of the invention include using the system for other beverages, such as tea or chocolate.

Potential Commercial Applications and Market

The Enhanced Coffee Flavor Quality System has significant commercial potential in the coffee industry, particularly in the specialty coffee segment. The system can be marketed as a premium offering for coffee shops, restaurants, and coffee manufacturers, providing a competitive advantage in terms of flavor quality.

CPC Classifications

SectionClassGroup
A A23 A23L27/88
A A23 A23F5/02
A A23 A23F5/50
A A23 A23L27/28

Field of Art

Food Science and Beverage Processing, specifically coffee flavor enhancement technologies, involving chemical extraction, flavor profiling, and beverage modification techniques

Person of Ordinary Skill (PHOSITA) Profile

A food scientist or beverage engineer with expertise in flavor chemistry, extraction methods, and sensory analysis, holding an advanced degree in food science, chemistry, or related field with 3-5 years of industrial experience in beverage processing

Obviousness Rationale

A PHOSITA would recognize that the PTD's system-level approach to coffee flavor enhancement represents a predictable technological progression from the source patent's method-level compound isolation technique. The disclosed variations leverage known machine learning and real-time flavor modification strategies that are consistent with established food science practices. The integration of flavor profiling with compound addition represents an obvious extension of the source patent's core flavor enhancement principles.

Obvious Combinations & Variations

Source Patent Element
Isolation of flavor enhancing compounds from coffee
PTD Variation
Solvent-free extraction process for obtaining flavor compounds
Obviousness Reasoning
Multiple extraction techniques are known in the art, and a PHOSITA would find solvent-free methods an obvious alternative to traditional solvent-based extraction given increasing environmental and safety concerns
Source Patent Element
Adding flavor enhancing compounds to coffee
PTD Variation
Real-time compound addition during brewing using a flavor enhancement module
Obviousness Reasoning
Implementing dynamic, controlled compound addition is a predictable technological improvement that represents a standard engineering design choice for precision flavor modification
Source Patent Element
Specific chemical formulas for flavor compounds
PTD Variation
Machine learning algorithms for identifying optimal flavor enhancing compounds
Obviousness Reasoning
Applying computational techniques to flavor analysis is a known approach in food science, representing an obvious method of systematizing compound selection and optimization
Source Patent Element
Coffee flavor enhancement method
PTD Variation
Extending technique to other beverages like tea and chocolate
Obviousness Reasoning
Generalizing a specific flavor enhancement technique to analogous beverage systems is an obvious technical adaptation within a skilled practitioner's capabilities
Source Patent Element
Compound-based flavor modification
PTD Variation
Flavor enhancement kit with user guide for controlled compound addition
Obviousness Reasoning
Creating consumer-facing implementation tools is a standard product development strategy that would be obvious to a PHOSITA seeking to commercialize the underlying scientific method
35 U.S.C. § 103 Summary: Based on the teachings of US Patent 11856975, the present publication demonstrates that the claimed system-level coffee flavor enhancement techniques would have been obvious to a person having ordinary skill in the art at the time of invention. The disclosed variations represent predictable technological extensions employing known food science methodologies, thereby rendering subsequent claims of non-obviousness invalid under 35 U.S.C. Section 103.

Original Patent Information

Patent NumberUS 11,856,975
TitleMethod of enhancing flavor qualities of coffee
Assignee(s)Ohio State Innovation Foundation