ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,844, issued on May 20, was assigned to Advanced Environmental Technologies LLC (Fort Collins, Colo.).

"Method for advanced bioelectrochemical treatment of pollutants" was invented by Song Jin (Fort Collins, Colo.), Paul H. Fallgren (Fort Collins, Colo.) and Kylan S. Jin (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The aspects of embodiments of the invention relate to advanced bioelectrochemical systems. More specifically, the invention relates to the utilization of a power source such as, but not limited to, photo-active, semiconducting materials, batteries, or the like integrated with bioelectrochemical systems perhaps to inc...