ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,986, issued on June 10, was assigned to Xiamen Lota international Co. Ltd. (Fujian, China).

"Faucet" was invented by Liming Ye (Fujian, China), Shuanglin Bai (Fujian, China) and Chuanbao Zhu (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A faucet comprises a faucet body, a water outlet panel, and a panel water outlet pipe. The water outlet panel is configured to be arranged separately from the faucet body, and a valve seat comprises a water passage respectively connected to a first valve and a second valve. The first valve is in communication with hot water and cold water to form mixed water that is in communication with the water pas...