ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,410, issued on July 15, was assigned to Quooker International B.V. (Ridderkerk, Netherlands).

"Water dispensing device" was invented by Niels Theodoor Peteri (Rotterdam, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water dispensing device for at least dispensing cooled filtered drinking water, includes a hot water tank having a filter for filtering hot water, and a cold water tank. The water dispensing device includes a heat exchanger with a first heat exchange duct with a first inlet and a first outlet, and a second heat exchange duct with a second inlet and a second outlet, where the first inlet is connected to the hot water tank d...