ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,139, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Fuel cell water treatment system" was invented by Jeong Hwan Hong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jong Min Jang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system for treating fuel cell water discharged from a fuel cell using hydrogen as a fuel. The fuel cell water treatment system may include a fuel cell water storage device that receives and stores fuel cell water discharged from a fuel cell, a temperature adjustment device that adjusts a temperature of the fuel cell water stored in th...