ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,498, issued on July 22.
"Method for detecting the presence of water" was invented by Marko Taferner (Wolfnitz, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method for detecting the presence of water or additional water, which exists because of a leak, the following steps are carried out: attaching at least one pair of electrodes to/in an object, to/in the presence of water is to be determined; applying an electrical voltage between the electrodes; testing whether electrical current or electrical current that is increased relative to a basic current flows between the electrodes; and detecting the presence of water in the case of flowin...