ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,845, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Blu Technology LLC (Portage, Mich.).

"Apparatus for water filtration, ozone, and ultraviolet disinfection" was invented by Corbin Collet (Portage, Mich.) and Brian Brandon (Bellevue, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filtration system that includes a coarse filter, a fine filter, and a pump. The coarse filter filters out sediment from water passing through the coarse filter. The fine filter filters out foreign material larger than a selected pore size. The pump pumps water when a DC voltage is applied to the fluid pump. The pump is in-line with and coupled to the coarse filter and the fine f...