ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,479, issued on July 8.

"Faucet water purifier and filtering device for use in faucet water purifier" was invented by Jizong Hu (Yuyao, China), Zhenlin Chu (Yuyao, China) and Xiaozong Hu (Yuyao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided by the present invention is a faucet water purifier, a control valve and a disk assembly for a faucet water purifier, which comprises a control valve and a filtering device, wherein the filtering device defines a first communicating opening, a second communicating opening and a third communicating opening, the control valve comprises a valve body and a valve core, wherein the valve body defines a va...