This week, the US patent office issued 6,771 patents and published 7,730 patent applications. Each patent adds a little something new to the human knowledge base. As it’s impossible to list all four thousand, the PatentYogi team has selected the six most interesting patents. Drinkable water in space Patent Number – US 9,242,874 Potable water is essential for long manned missions. Research has shown that the bacteria tend to accumulate in the water supplies on theInternational Space Station (ISS) and they also mutate into strains that are highly resistant to eradication. Until now, chemicals were used to treat water on…
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