ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,650, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Universitaet Hohenheim (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Apparatus and method for obtaining fresh water" was invented by Volker Wulfmeyer (Stuttgart, Germany) and Oliver Branch (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus for obtaining fresh water by artificially generating a precipitation. The apparatus comprises at least one darkening body that forms a darkening surface which has a width and/or length of at least 3 km and an albedo of less than 0.1. The apparatus further comprises at least one base frame which is arranged on a ground and configured to support the at least one...