ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,215, issued on July 22, was assigned to Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Lanzhou, China).

"Irrigation device for sandy land crop planting" was invented by Xia Tang (Lanzhou, China), Hao Qu (Lanzhou, China) and Baoguang Shi (Lanzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An irrigation device for sandy land crop planting is provided, including a water tank assembly, locking spraying assemblies, a detection spraying assembly, a control unit, and the like. The water tank assembly includes an outer tank body, a middle tank body, and an end tank body. Each locking spraying assembly includes ...