ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,581, issued on April 15, was assigned to Guangdong Ocean University (Zhanjiang, China).

"Monitoring device for mangrove soil restoration" was invented by Xiaohong Peng (Zhanjiang, China), Ying Ding (Chaozhou, China), Shiyi Xie (Zhanjiang, China), Shufu Lin (Zhaoqing, China), Zhaohong Zhu (Zhanjiang, China) and Jiahui Chen (Jiangmen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring device for mangrove soil restoration includes a body, each of four corners of a lower surface of the body is provided with a locking universal wheel, a central position of the body is provided with a piling hole passing through the body, an upper surface of...