ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,606, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Baxter International Inc. (Deerfield, Ill.) and Baxter Healthcare SA (Glattpark, Switzerland).

"Water preparation apparatus with a chlorine sensing system" was invented by Jeff White (Waukegan, Ill.), Ye Chen (Vernon Hills, Ill.), Yuanpang Samuel Ding (Long Grove, Ill.), Joel Titus (Lake Zurich, Ill.), Justin Rohde (Des Plaines, Ill.), Shincy Maliekkal (Glenview, Ill.) and Kevin Cooper (Libertyville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water preparation apparatus for determining an amount of total chlorine in purified water is disclosed. The water preparation apparatus includes a chlorine sen...