ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,769, issued on March 4, was assigned to Wallenius Water Innovation AB (Stockholm).

"Cleaning arrangement for a liquid treatment system" was invented by Staffan Strand (Stockholm) and Johan Bergqvist (Saltsjo-Boo, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid treatment system and a cleaning arrangement, wherein said liquid treatment system comprises at least one ultra-violet (UV) light treatment lamp arranged within an elongated protective UV-transparent sleeve provided along a central longitudinal axis A, said sleeve having an outer surface and an essentially circular cross-sectional shape; and a reactor configured to receive said s...