ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,002, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Lanzhou, China).

"Method, device, storage medium and equipment for observing hydrogen reservoir components in soil" was invented by Yongyong Zhang (Lanzhou, China), Wenzhi Zhao (Lanzhou, China), Zhibin He (Lanzhou, China) and Rong Yang (Lanzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, a device, a storage medium and an equipment for observing hydrogen reservoir components in soil are provided by the present disclosure, including: obtaining the hydrogen components of soil pore water, the hydrogen components of...