ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,170, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to DISCO Corp. (Tokyo).

"Water supply system" was invented by Van Tuan Dang (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water supply system for supplying water to be used in a processing apparatus includes a water producing apparatus and a water adjusting apparatus. The water producing apparatus includes a first ion exchange resin column containing first ion exchange resin with which the water makes contact, and a first specific resistance meter for measuring a specific resistance of the water having made contact with the first ion exchange resin. The water adjusting apparatus includes a second ion ...