ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,230, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to AVIDANS TECH HOLDINGS LTD (Nicosia, Cyprus).

"Water generation unit and system" was invented by Guy Avidan (Tel Aviv, Israel) and Itai Shamir (Binyamina, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water generation unit configured to extract water from ambient air is provided. The water generation unit comprises a housing defining therewithin an extraction chamber, and comprising one or more sidewalls defining a housing opening, the housing further comprises a liquid-passable housing bottom comprising a perforated plate configured to support thereon a thermoresponsive sorbent medium; an air-suppl...