ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,251, issued on Oct. 7.

"Intelligent water dispenser for a pet" was invented by Yanjiatai Wei (Shenzhen, China), KaiShu Hui (Shenzhen, China), Zhixing Wei (Shenzhen, China) and Guohong Tan (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention applies to the technical field of pet caring equipment, and in particular relates to an intelligent water dispenser for a pet, including a control device, a water purifying tank, a wastewater tank, a drinking water basin, a water purifying conduit, a wastewater conduit, a water purifying flow driving device, and a wastewater flow driving device. The drinking water basin is provided...