ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,343, issued on May 27.

"Pet water feeder" was invented by Shaobing Wu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a pet water feeder, which relates to the technical field of water feeders and includes a housing having an access opening and a bottom part for storing water; a crawling tray arranged in the housing and capable of draining water off; a water-weeping tray arranged in the housing and above the crawling tray, the water-weeping tray having a water-weeping hole; a water-dripping member installed in the water-weeping hole; a water pump located at the bottom part of the housing and including a water inlet and a ...