ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,604, issued on July 8, was assigned to Guangdong Ocean University (Zhanjiang, China).

"All-weather solar seawater desalination device and method" was invented by Jingyuan Guo (Zhanjiang, China), Lefan Li (Zhanjiang, China), Tuanzhang Li (Zhanjiang, China), Chengpeng Li (Zhanjiang, China), Zhang Hu (Zhanjiang, China) and Sidong Li (Zhanjiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to the technical field of solar seawater desalination, in particular to an all-weather solar seawater desalination device and a method. Through a prepared composite hydrogel evaporator, the water in seawater is evaporated into steam and c...