ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,224, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Scandinavian Innovation Group Oy (Pomarkku, Finland).

"Bottled water dispenser with a system for treating water in a bottle with UV radiation" was invented by Andrzej Pawlow (Riga, Latvia) and Arturs Pavlovs (Riga, Latvia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bottled water dispenser with a system for treating water in a bottle with UV radiation, containing a water intake finger equipped with a source of UV radiation and configured to open the bottle sealed by a cap by pushing a valve installed in the centre of the cap inside to the bottle or by rupturing this valve, wherein a semiconductor LED is us...