ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,289, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SOURCE Global, PBC (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Thermal desiccant systems and methods for generating liquid water" was invented by Cody Friesen (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Michael Robinson (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Grant Friesen (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Kamil Salloum (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Kimberly McGuinness (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and Luis Mejiaortega (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for generation of liquid water are provided. In embodiments, the systems comprise a thermal desiccant unit comprising a porous hygroscopic material located within a housing including a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet,...