ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,839, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Fabio and Markus colloid engineering GmbH (Freienbach, Switzerland).

"Device and method for treating a flow of water" was invented by Fabio Huther (Ermatingen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for treating a flow of water having a chamber (1) through which the flow of water passes. In the chamber (1), a voltage with alternating polarity is fed to two electrodes (15a, 15b) of at least one electrolysis device, whereby particles of the electrode material are released to and entrained by the flow of water. The particles in the flow of water are mixed in at least one nozzle (45) of ...