ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,499, issued on June 17, was assigned to Xiamen Lota International Co. Ltd. (Fujian, China).

"Pull-out faucet and water outlet panel assembly configured to be connected to pull-out 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 water outlet panel assembly configured to be connected to a pull-out faucet comprises a water outlet panel, an adapter member, and a control member. The water outlet panel is detachably connected to a faucet body of the pull-out faucet, and the water outlet panel comprises a water outlet port. The adapter member c...