I'm pretty sure since companies make desalination plants for lots of money that there are a lot of patents involved. Apparently even making something thats under patent for personal use can be illigal but
From Ius mentis
"Can a private person infringe on a patent?
Patent laws in most countries require some sort of commercial exploitation of the patented invention for the exploitation to be patent infringement. So, a private person can infringe if he, for example, makes the invention and sells it to his friends, or puts it on an advertisement-sponsored website. But if he makes it for himself out of curiosity, and only uses it himself, there is no infringement.
In the USA, also non-commercial use of the invention can be patent infringement, although it is rare for a non-commercial use by a private person to result in a lawsuit.
In practice, the chance of getting sued for patent infringement as a private individual is very slim. Patent lawsuits are very expensive, and most private persons will not be able to pay the damages to the patent holder anyway."
The laws surrounding this are pretty clear. Since I have no intention of selling anything, or making money from this I hope to not worry about it. Still, it is a consideration since ideas I've had, I've later found images on sites that make me think its probably already patented by someone else.
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