ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,279, issued on July 14, was assigned to Water Harvesting Inc. (Fremont, Calif.).

"Water harvester adsorption enthalpy removal system" was invented by Ievgen Kapustin (Fremont, Calif.), David S. Kuo (Fremont, Calif.) and Kent D. Penning (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Generally, a water harvester useful in harvesting water from supply air. Specifically, a water harvester configured to remove the heat gained during adsorption of water by the water capture material contained in the water capture modules of the water harvester. Removal of the enthalpy associated with the adsorption of water by the water capture material c...