Utility Patent Granted to Dr. Lee for Anaerobic Tea Steeper

November 23, 2004 - Trumbull, Conn. - The US Patent and Trademark Office granted a utility patent (#6,821,541) entitled “Anaerobic tea steeper and method of use”, which complements the design patent (D494,417) previously granted to Dr. Sin Hang Lee.

The US Patent Office recognizes that this invention introduces a container in the form of a mug with a lid or in the form of an enclosed vessel of any size and shape for tea steeping wherein the dried tea leaves are extracted with hot water neither in contact with oxygen in the free air nor in contact with oxygen in a pocket of free air in order to maximize the preservation of the antioxidants in the aqueous tea extract to be used as a health-promoting beverage.

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