ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,355, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Drop Water Corp. (San Louis Obispo, Calif.).

"Automated kiosk and associated method to dispense a filled container" was invented by Scott Paul Edwards (Menlo Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a method for dispensing a filled container comprises removing a single container from a stack of containers within a chassis, filling the single container with filtered water within the chassis, sealing the single container within the chassis, and dispensing the single container from the chassis. In another embodiment, a system for dispensing a filled container comprises a chas...