ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,464, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Water Harvesting Inc. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Atmospheric water harvester having subcooler heat exchanger" was invented by Ievgen Kapustin (Newark, Calif.), David S. Kuo (Newark, Calif.) and Kent D. Penning (San Juan Bautista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Generally, an atmospheric water harvesting system useful in harvesting water from surrounding air. Specifically, a water harvester including a secondary heat exchanger operable in a first mode of the water harvester to absorb heat from the ambient environment to reduce the sensible heat penalty associated with increasing temperature to in...