ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,240, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Jassen-Kunststoffzentrum GmbH-Apparatebau, Zuschnitte und Formung (Steinen, Germany).

"Bioreactor and use thereof, method for producing an organic nutrient solution and for carbon dioxide storage" was invented by Bernhard Illenberger (Steinen, Germany) and Hartmut Jassen (Steinen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bioreactor (1, 2, 3) and use thereof for converting organic residual and/or waste materials into an organic nutrient solution with a proportion of at least 10% plant-available mineralized nitrogen relative to the total nitrogen content of the nutrient solution. A process for pr...