ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,950, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Beijing).

"Thermostatic boxes for preparing hydrogels by freeze-thaw processes and preparation methods thereof" was invented by Weidong Song (Beijing), Song Liu (Beijing) and Lijun Xiao (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a thermostatic box for preparing a hydrogel by a freeze-thaw process and a preparation method thereof. The thermostatic box includes a box body. A top of the box body is provided with an upper cover plate. A front side of the box body is provided with a front cover plate. Air outlet holes are disposed in the upper cover plate. ...