ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,970, issued on Aug. 11.

"Wash basin with dual outlet openings split by a small partition of two extending ends for water separation" was invented by Hassan Mohamed S. Fryan (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An excess water slot of dimensions conforming to the recognized dimensions to be installed in place of the previous one but with a different inner design and working by a totally different mechanism. The excess water slot separates pure water from others by a partition in the upper part of the excess water slot extending inside the washbasin and the lower part of the excess water slot ending with two pipe outlet...