ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,969, issued on March 25, was assigned to SUZHOU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Suzhou, China).

"Water pumps for urban water landscapes" was invented by Rundong Liu (Suzhou, China), Dapeng Li (Suzhou, China), Feiyue Qian (Suzhou, China), Congpei Li (Suzhou, China) and Kaiwei Feng (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Water pumps for an urban water landscape, including a water pump main body, a water pump base, a grille net cover, and a filter component. The water pump main body may include a water pump shell. A water outlet interface may be disposed on a top of the water pump shell. The grille net cover may be located ...