ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,604, issued on June 3, was assigned to INSTRACTION GMBH (Heidelberg, Germany).
"Device for purifying drinking water in multiple stages" was invented by Martin Welter (Neckargemund, Germany), Christian Meyer (Schwetzingen, Germany) and Kristian Lungfiel (Wiesbaden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for purifying drinking water in multiple stages by combining orthogonal purification technologies in one module is described, where the device comprises a housing, a water inlet opening, a water outlet opening, a hollow cylinder which is filled with activated carbon, and a hollow cylinder with a semipermeable wall, wherein the ...