ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,603, issued on July 22, was assigned to Jiangnan University (Wuxi, China).

"Repairing material for emergency treatment of black and odorous surface water environment and its preparation method" was invented by Hengfeng Miao (Wuxi, China), Ziwen Chen (Wuxi, China), Yingying Jiang (Wuxi, China), Yuping Li (Wuxi, China) and Wenquan Ruan (Wuxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a repairing material for emergency treatment of a black and odorous surface water environment and its preparation method, belonging to the fields of environmental science and engineering technology. The preparation method of the disclosu...