ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,630, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Katz Water Tech LLC (Houston).

"Apparatus, system, and method to remove contaminates from a fluid with minimized scaling" was invented by Gary P. Katz (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus, system and method to remove purified vapor from a contaminated fluid using energy. The apparatus comprises an inlet wherein contaminated fluid flows in the apparatus through the inlet; at least two outlets wherein a first outlet exits purified vapor and a second outlet wherein contaminated fluid with a portion removed as purified vapor exits the apparatus; an energy source that causes the cont...