ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,773, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TESLLON INC. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Separator including multi-flow drain" was invented by Sang Phil Lee (Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator having a multi-flow drain includes a housing having a cylinder-shaped hollow provided therein, an inlet and an outlet formed at an upper portion thereof, and a drain formed at a lower portion thereof, an outer barrel disposed coaxially with the housing inside the housing, and having a smaller diameter than an intermediate member, an inner barrel disposed coaxially with the outer barrel inside the outer barrel, and havin...