ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,649, issued on Feb. 24, 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.), Venkateswara Rao Kode (Tampa, Fla.) and Erick Keith Went (Camarillo, Calif.).

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 remains within the closed desiccant circulation loop, the atmospheric water generation system encompasses a membran...