ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,415, issued on March 18, was assigned to WETS LLC (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Water filtration and aeration unit" was invented by Keyur Gorji (Sugar Land, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined water aeration and filtration unit (WAFU), having a tank with a vent section at a top of said WAFU and above an aeration section above a filtration section at a bottom of said WAFU. The vent section has one or more demisters and one or more vents for detraining water and providing a dry air exit from said WAFU. The air section has a water inlet ending in a spray nozzle near the top of the aeration section to turn incoming dirty water into ...