ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,772, issued on June 3, was assigned to CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY (Changzhou, China).

"Methods for preparing supported catalysts using waste lithium batteries and attapulgite" was invented by Xiazhang Li (Changzhou, China), Taoli Huhe (Changzhou, China), Jiyi Zeng (Changzhou, China), Shixiang Zuo (Changzhou, China), Xuhua Ye (Changzhou, China), Xiaofei Yin (Changzhou, China), Chao Yao (Changzhou, China) and Haoguan Gui (Changzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing a supported catalyst, including mixing waste lithium battery cathode material and biomass uniformly to obtain a mixture, then putting the mixture into a ...