ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,253, issued on May 27, was assigned to QWTIP LLC (Park City, Utah).

"Desalination and/or gas production system and method" was invented by Whitaker Ben Irvin Sr. (Kamas, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided in at least one embodiment to process water to produce gas that can be separated into at least two gas flows using a water treatment system having a disk-pack rotating in it to cause out gassing from the water. In a further embodiment, the method and system use the gas released from the water to produce substantially fresh water from the processed salt water."

The patent was filed on Oct. 7, 2023, ...