ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,397, issued on Nov. 4.

"Rainwater harvesting system" was invented by Bo Yang (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a rainwater harvesting system that utilizes a removable rainwater separation box, support plate, and stop assemblies to introduce rainwater through a first channel of the upper cylinder body, separate clean rainwater through a second channel and outlet hole, and discharge it through an outlet pipe."

The patent was filed on Sept. 20, 2023, under Application No. 18/370,433.

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