ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,223, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to WINTEC GLOVIS Co. Ltd. (Hanam-si, South Korea).

"Integrated system of activated carbon regeneration and water treatment" was invented by Sanghoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Cheolho Shin (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an integrated system of activated carbon regeneration and water treatment according to the present invention, and, more particularly, a system that is capable of integrally operating water treatment as well as automatic regeneration of activated carbon by applying facilities intended for automatically discharging spent carbon and putting regenerat...