ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,587, issued on July 7, was assigned to Government of the United States of America, as represented by Secretary of Commerce (Gaithersburg, Md.).

"Water treatment system and treating water for abating bacterial growth" was invented by David Anthony Yashar (Dunn Loring, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water treatment system treats water to abates bacterial growth and includes a fluid-isolated heat exchanger; a water treatment container that heats water to a high water temperature that is greater than or equal to a kill temperature for bacteria; a hot water delivery conduit including a transitional cooling zone in thermal communicati...