ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,601, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS (Nanjing, China).

"Electrowetting effect-based solar-driven high efficiency humidifier system and working method" was invented by Weifeng He (Nanjing, China), Yanfei Gao (Nanjing, China), Dong Han (Nanjing, China), Wenhao Pu (Nanjing, China), Zhaohui Yao (Nanjing, China) and Qile Shi (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrowetting effect-based solar-driven high efficiency humidification system and a working method. A photovoltaic power generation module and an electrowetting high efficiency humidification module are combined, w...