ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,370, issued on Jan. 13.

"Continuous flow steam boiler utilising seawater as feedstock" was invented by James Leslie Bailey (Sydney).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example boiler apparatus (501) for continuously processing water containing dissolved matter is disclosed. The boiler apparatus (501) including: a boiler vessel (515) with an inlet (523), a first outlet (517) and a second outlet (529). A third outlet (511) may also be provided. The boiler vessel (515) includes a heating element (522) located within the boiler vessel (515) arranged to provide a wet steam product at the first outlet (517) and/or third outlet (511) and creat...