ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. D1,114,938, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to THE PENNINGTON SCHOOL (Pennington, N.J.).

"Filtration system" was invented by Susan Wirsig (Pennington, N.J.), Avery Sichel (Pennington, N.J.), Maxwell Gibbard (Pennington, N.J.), Daisy Hutnik (Pennington, N.J.), Elliot Overhiser (Pennington, N.J.), Gloria Liu (Pennington, N.J.), John L. Fermo (Pennington, N.J.), Ronan Karp (Pennington, N.J.), Christopher Ly (Pennington, N.J.), Shubh Gangrade (Pennington, N.J.), Xiaona Zhu (Pennington, N.J.), Liam Goldstein (Pennington, N.J.), Miami Celentana (Pennington, N.J.), Samuel Bahala (Pennington, N.J.) and Lefted Kanyika (Lilongwe area 25, Malawi).

The patent was filed on June 7, 2024, under Applic...