ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,389, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Gansu, China).

"Star infiltration device, and method of measuring gravitational acceleration and soil-bearing capacity of a star" was invented by Zhi Wen (Gansu, China), Yasheng Li (Gansu, China), Xixi Ma (Gansu, China) and Qiang Gao (Gansu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A star infiltration device and method of measuring the gravitational acceleration and soil-bearing capacity of a star are provided. The infiltration device is multifunctional and has a variable ramming frequency intensity. It comprises a...