ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,655, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrolytic liquid production device" was invented by Osamu Imahori (Shiga, Japan), Kenichiro Inagaki (Shiga, Japan), Tomohiro Yamaguchi (Shiga, Japan) and Minoru Nagata (Shiga, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolytic liquid production device includes: an electrolyzer configured to perform electrolytic treatment to a liquid; an elastic body configured to press the electrolyzer; and a housing having the electrolyzer and the elastic body disposed inside the housing. The housing has an inlet port that the liquid sup...