ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,847, issued on May 12, was assigned to Research Products Corp. (Madison, Wis.).

"Humidifier wet-pack assembly" was invented by Nathan Adam Hughes (Madison, Wis.), Steven Howard Farra (Madison, Wis.), Ryan Alexander Kitching (Madison, Wis.), Joshua Edwards McKune (Madison, Wis.) and Michael Jonathon Schatz (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wet-pack assembly includes a water panel, a scale control configured to surround the water panel on at least three sides, and a distribution tray disposed on a top portion of the water panel and coupled to the scale control via one or more joints. The one or more joints prevent separati...