ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,624, issued on July 21, was assigned to KYUNGDONG NAVIEN Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
"Water softening system" was invented by Soo Young Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Ji Hyung Yoon (Seoul, South Korea) and So Min Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a water softening system for removing an ionic material contained in source water supplied from a water source and providing soft water to a source of demand, including a filter unit that removes the least a portion of the ionic material contained in the source water based on an electric force and discharge the soft water, a supply passage that supplies ...