ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,724, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Aquasain Water Tech S.L. (Almunecar, Spain).

"Device for preventing the formation of lime scales" was invented by Raul Bullejos Hita (Granada, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a device for preventing the formation of lime scales in a water pipeline (11) comprising a main body (4) with an inlet (2) and an outlet (3), and an anti-scaling medium (5) configured to prevent the formation of lime scales, located within main body (4), between the inlet (2) and the outlet (3), comprising a galvanic cell, with at least one cathode element (7) and an anode sacrificial ...