ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,732, issued on March 24.

"System for automatic refilling water pitcher" was invented by Zhuangyong Chen (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatically refilling water pitcher according to various aspects of the present technology is configured to provide a readily available source of drinking water that doesn't require an under sink storage tank or a countertop water faucet. In one embodiment, the system comprises a removable water pitcher and a water dispenser. The water dispenser is configured to be responsive to the placement of the water pitcher on a dispenser base and direct filtered water into the water pitch...