ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,189, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to HID SIPS Ltd. MIABILITY COMPANY (Austin, Texas).

"Water dispensing table lamp" was invented by Daniel Victor (Austin, Texas) and Austin Malm (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to a water dispensing lamp (WDL). In an illustrative example, the WDL may include a base module disposed on a horizontal plane, and a fluid dispensing stem coupled above the horizontal plane along a vertical axis. The fluid dispensing stem, for example, may include an electrical pump and a dispensing element. For example, the electrical pump may be configured to pump fluid ou...