ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,115, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati).

"Systems and methods for point of use water modification" was invented by Colin John Clarke (Basingstoke, Great Britain), Frantz Beznik (Brussels), Anna L Connolly (Newcastle, Great Britain), Dai Sanders (Warwick, Great Britain), Grace Kane (Warwick, Great Britain), Chris Jones (Tewkesbury, Great Britain), Andrew Wallace (Long Itchington, Great Britain), Benedict Taylor (Leamington Spa, Great Britain), Miles Kilburn (Leamington Spa, Great Britain) and Stephen Wright (Warwick, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water use management system may be...