ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,760, issued on March 24, was assigned to COWAY Co. LTD. (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

"Water purifier" was invented by Min Su Song (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Hyun Suk Moon (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Si Jun Park (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea) and Chang Seob Yeom (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water purifier includes a water purification module that filters raw water to generate purified water, and a water outlet module that receives the purified water and outputs the purified water to the outside. The water outlet module includes a housing, a purified water inlet flow path of whic...