ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,952, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to COWAY Co. Ltd. (Gongju-si, South Korea).

"Water purifier" was invented by Jin Ho Heo (Seoul, South Korea), Je Ho Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Byoung Phil Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Dong Hui Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water purifier includes: a water outlet unit; a water temperature sensor; a filter; a cold water module for cooling the purified water to provide cold water; a hot water module including a heater for heating water, and a hot water body providing a space which receives the hot water or through which the hot water flows; a flow channel connected to the wa...