ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,242, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP (Wilrijk, Belgium).

"Device and method to extract water from humid ambient air" was invented by Robert Mikulandric (Wilrijk, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Device for extracting water from humid ambient air, the device including a conduit in which successively is incorporated: a compressor to compress the humid ambient air into compressed ambient air, a first condenser to dry the compressed ambient air into dry compressed air, an expansion valve or expander for expanding the dry compressed air into dry expanded air and a second condenser. The f...