ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,395, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Xiamen Aquasu Electric Shower Co. Ltd. (Xiamen, China).

"Water boiler with dual heating functionality" was invented by Quanduo Hou (Xiamen, China) and Yan Zeng (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water boiler with dual heating functionality includes: a hot water tank having an upper section and a lower section; the upper section is narrower than the lower section; the hot water tank comprises an instantaneous heating portion, and a storage heating section; an instantaneous heating pipe arranged within the instantaneous heating portion; a storage heating pipe arranged within the stor...