ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,887, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Radio Systems Corp. (Knoxville, Tenn.).

"Centrifugal pump pet water fountain" was invented by Kevin Michael Sayers (Knoxville, Tenn.), Cody Lee Stricklin (Knoxville, Tenn.), Anita Rechelle White (Knoxville, Tenn.), Jonathan William Huber (Knoxville, Tenn.), Marc Edward Brush (Knoxville, Tenn.), Eric A Ward (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Grant Given (Knoxville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pet water fountain is described comprising a bowl for holding an aqueous drinking fluid. The pet water fountain includes a housing configured to cover a portion of the bowl and have a fluid reservoir. The pe...