ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,763, issued on March 17, was assigned to The Global H20 Initiative, PBC (Miami).

"Smart hydrostations" was invented by Jorge Richardson (Miami), Dave Tigue (Miami), Ryan Barretta (Miami) and Owen Daw (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various examples are provided related to smart hydrostations or water fountains. In one example, a smart hydrostation includes a water system that can filter water for dispensing via an aeration nozzle located in a dispensing chamber; an electrical system that can monitor user access to the hydrostation and control dispensing of the filtered water; and one or more display panel that can display cont...