ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,498, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Institute of Soil Science, CAS (Nanjing, China).

"Floatable hollow microsphere material, and preparation method and use in soil cadmium reduction thereof" was invented by Xingxiang Wang (Nanjing, China), Yurong Wang (Nanjing, China), Changfeng Ding (Nanjing, China), Ziyao Li (Nanjing, China) and Liqin He (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a floatable three-dimensional (3D) hollow microsphere material, and its preparation method and use in soil cadmium reduction, belonging to the field of regeneration of contaminated soil. The preparation method includes: mixing polyv...