ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,316, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to DEKA Products Ltd. Partneship (Manchester, N.H.).

"Water vapor distillation apparatus, method and system" was invented by Dean Kamen (Bedford, N.H.), Ryan K. Larocque (Manchester, N.H.), Christopher C. Langenfeld (Nashua, N.H.), Stephen M. Ent (Derry, N.H.), Andrew A. Schnellinger (Merrimack, N.H.), Prashant Bhat (Bedford, N.H.), Stanley B. Smith III (Raymond, N.H.) and Otis L Clapp (Epping, N.H.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid vapor distillation apparatus. The apparatus includes a source fluid input, and an evaporator condenser apparatus. The evaporator condenser apparatus includes a ...