ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,030, issued on July 1, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Water discharge unit and water purifier including same" was invented by Wanku Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water discharge unit of a water purifier includes a body having a neck that is coupleable to a sink and/or workbench, a head longitudinally extending from the neck and having a water discharge opening at a lower side of a distal end of the head, at least one pipe extending through the neck and the head through which water provided by a water purifier body is flowable to be discharged through the water disc...