US Patent Issued to Excelitas Canada on July 8 for "System and method for manufacturing a system for filtering and disinfecting drinking water" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,478, issued on July 8, was assigned to Excelitas Canada Inc. (Mississauga, Canada).

"System and method for manufacturing a system for filtering and disinfecting drinking water" was invented by Marvin Ruffin (Chicago).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water filter system includes a water filter assembly and an enclosure. The water filter assembly has a housing with a water inlet and a water outlet, a filter portion within the housing, and a reservoir portion within the housing apart from the filter portion. A window in the housing conveys ultraviolet light into the reservoir from an external light source. A water channel conveys water fr...