Patents
US 10755329 B1: System and method for automated distillery management
- Granted
- 2020-08-25
- Filed
- 2013-01-25 application 13750925
- Type
- Utility · 21 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A system and method for automated distillery management includes the ability to manage customers, manage inventory, and facilitate the production, aging, and sale of customized spirits. Customers, groups, and distillery staff may engage in the production, aging, and storage of customized spirits on a micro-brewing and/or micro-distilling scale. Various levels of customization may be available when producing the customized spirit. A level of customization of a spirit may be based upon type of spirit, recipe selection, amount of involvement in production process, type of involvement in production process, amount of notifications provided, types of notifications provided, participation in tasting during production process, spirit proof, aging type and time, storage time, customized labels for one or more casks, tanks, bottles, and/or other receptacles to hold the customized spirit and/or other factors related to producing a customized spirit. Customers and groups may also age and store spirits at the distillery storage site.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg200825.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heritage Distilling Company, Inc. 8 patents | US company or organization | Gig Harbor, WA | Heritage Distilling Company, Inc. Form D issuer EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin B. Stiefel | Gig Harbor, WA | 8 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06Q | Information and communication technology [ict] specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes; systems or methods specially adapted for administrative, commercial, financial, managerial or supervisory purposes, not otherwise provided for | G06Q30/0621 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G09B | Educational or demonstration appliances; appliances for teaching, or communicating with, the blind, deaf or mute; models; planetaria; globes; maps; diagrams | G09B19/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-30 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | HERITAGE DISTILLING COMPANY, INC. signed 2021-03-29 | SILVERPEAK CREDIT PARTNERS, LP RYE, NY | 55761/384 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2013-01-25 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | STIEFEL, JUSTIN B. signed 2013-01-25 | HERITAGE DISTILLING COMPANY, INC. GIG HARBOR, WA | 29697/899 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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