ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,773, issued on April 29, was assigned to WATERGEN LTD. (Petah Tiqwa, Israel).

"Atmospheric water generator" was invented by Sharon Dulberg (Beer Sheva, Israel), Yanir Richard Blumenthal (Kfar Saba, Israel), Moran Pery (Ramat Gan, Israel), Guy Evgeni Chernin (Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel) and Chen Nechemia (Rehovot, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention discloses an AWG having improvements designed to reduce noise, improve uniform airflow through the evaporator of the AWG and reduce energy consumption. In one embodiment the AWG includes an air inlet located in one of the sidewalls of the enclosure and a blower located in proximit...