ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,451, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to COWAY Co. LTD. (Gongju-si, South Korea).

"Water purification tank and water purifier comprising same" was invented by Hee Do Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Jong Hwan Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Goo Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Yoo Won Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Chan Jung Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Woong Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water purifier that purifies water to provide purified water may include: a purified water tank accommodating the purified water; and a discharge port discharging the purified water to an outside of the water purifier. The purified water tan...