ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,310, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Beijing).

"Apparatus and method for synchronously treating sewage and sludge through combination of step-feed partial nitrification and anaerobic ammonia oxidation" was invented by Yongzhen Peng (Beijing), Fangzhai Zhang (Beijing), Zhong Wang (Beijing), Hao Jiang (Beijing), Shang Ren (Beijing) and Jingang Qui (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an apparatus and method for synchronously treating sewage and sludge through a step-feed partial nitrification coupling anaerobic ammonia oxidation process, belonging to the biological treatment field. A...