ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,754, issued on April 8, was assigned to Korea University Research and Business Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Desalination device using solvent extraction method, and desalination method using same" was invented by Jae Woo Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Ou Kyung Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jun Ho Seo (Gyeongsan-si, South Korea), Gyeong Su Kim (Anseong-si, South Korea), Dan Dan Dong (Sejong-si, South Korea) and Xin Zhao (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a desalination device using a solvent extraction method, comprising: a first mixing tank composed of a feed water inlet into which feed water compri...