ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,962, issued on March 11, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Liquid dispenser" was invented by Jongwoo Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Ji Sun Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid dispenser, such as a water purifier, in one embodiment includes a water discharger connector provided with a water discharge valve configured to control discharge of purified water and a water discharge pipe connected to the water discharge valve, and a water discharger coupled to an upper side of the water discharger connector, and provided with a connector part that connects to the water discharge pipe base...