ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,652, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Oyster Products LLC (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

"Water filtration apparatus" was invented by Jonas Lagerstedt (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gravity-based filtration apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus may include a container, a filter, one or more elongated slits and a drip stop valve assembly. The container may be configured to receive a fluid, and dispense the fluid from an opening disposed at a container bottom portion. The filter may be disposed in a container interior portion and may be configured to remove impurities from the fluid before the fluid may be dispensed from the ope...