ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,486, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to MANZEON Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Seawater desalination equipment" was invented by Sang Cheol Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Dongjoo Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Seawater desalination equipment includes a gas generation unit for generating gas from seawater by evaporating the seawater, a condensation unit for receiving and condensing the gas to generate freshwater, a cooling unit, a gas storage unit connected to the condensation unit and storing gas that has passed through the condensation unit, a vacuum pump, and a control unit for operating th...