ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,747, issued on July 14, was assigned to NANOPLANET RESEARCH INSTITUTE LTD. (Kunisaki, Japan).

"Swirling-type microbubble generation device" was invented by Hirofumi Ohnari (Kunisaki, Japan) and Yoshito Ohnari (Kunisaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swirling-type microbubble generation device can discharge a swirling gas-liquid mixture containing a large volume of microbubbles into air in a concentrated manner by being placed in proximity to a jetting target, or in proximity to or in close contact with the jetting target in the air, or discharging such a mixture into water in a hot water tank, and discharging a swirling gas-...