ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,299, issued on June 24, was assigned to China University of Geosciences (Beijing) (Beijing).

"Use of natural attapulgite as natural nano mineral enzyme" was invented by Yihe Zhang (Beijing), Minmin Liang (Beijing), Feng Feng (Beijing), Peixia Wang (Beijing), Wangshu Tong (Beijing) and Qi An (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for using a natural attapulgite is disclosed. The method includes using the natural attapulgite as a natural nano mineral enzyme. The results of the examples show that the natural attapulgite has peroxidase-like activity, catalase-like activity or superoxide dismutase-like activity, and good biocomp...