ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,079, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to INSTITUTE OF ROCK AND SOIL MECHANICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Wuhan, China).

"Heat collection bag, device and method for solidifying and filling calcium sand foundation" was invented by Houzhen Wei (Wuhan, China), Rui Xu (Wuhan, China), Xiaolong Ma (Wuhan, China), Li Xin (Wuhan, China) and Yingyao Qin (Wuhan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device and method for collecting heat bags and solidifying and filling calcareous sand foundation, belonging to the field of civil engineering geological treatment technology. The solar heat collection bag comprises a transparent and permeable pa...