ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,351, issued on July 29, was assigned to Hangzhou Shanshangshui Technology Co. Ltd (Zhejiang, China).

"Protonated small-molecule drinking water, preparation method and application" was invented by Yixin Zhu (Hangzhou, China) and Tingting Lu (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Drinking water, which specifically refers to proton-attached small-molecule drinking water, a preparation method therefor and an application occasion thereof. Small-molecule cluster water thereof is formed by distributing two to six water molecules around one H+. The small-molecule cluster water is atomized by running ordinary water through an atomizi...