ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,354, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA (Taiyuan, China) and SHANXI ZHONGBEI NEW MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Taiyuan, China).

"Method for preparing nitrogen-rich or nutritious slow-release fertilizer through in-situ straw modification/reactive extrusion integrated continuous process" was invented by Yaqing Liu (Taiyuan, China), Guizhe Zhao (Taiyuan, China) and Yang Xiang (Taiyuan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for preparing a nitrogen-rich or nutritious straw-based slow-release fertilizer through In-Situ straw modification/reactive extrusion integrated continuous process. In ...