ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,849, issued on April 14, was assigned to GENESIS SYSTEMS LLC (Tampa, Fla.).

"Atmospheric water generation systems and methods utilizing membrane-based water extraction" was invented by David James Stuckenberg (Tampa, Fla.), Erick Keith Went (Camarillo, Calif.), Owen Michael Erickson (Tampa, Fla.), Jashal Patel (Brandon, Fla.), Ethan Emerson Plumer (Riverview, Fla.) and Shania Samantha Madramootoo (Dover, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An atmospheric water generation system absorbs water from an atmospheric air stream into a desiccant flowing along a flow path of a closed desiccant circulation loop. To ensure that the desiccant ...