ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,515, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Chengdu, China) and Institute of Mountain Hazzards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chengdu, China).

"Method for identifying optimal corridor width" was invented by Yong Luo (Chengdu, China), Hui Yu (Chengdu, China) and Dianpeng Chen (Chengdu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for identifying an optimal corridor width includes: acquiring geographic information data of a target region; evaluating ecosystem service functions of the target region, and constructing an ecological source land in combination with a nature reserve; constructing a...