ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,589, issued on July 22, was assigned to OASE GmbH (Horstel-Riesenbeck, Germany).

"Process for treating waters, soils, sediments and/or sludges" was invented by Thorsten Muck (Ibbenburen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for forming or obtaining vivianite in or from a phosphorus-containing waterbody, sediment and/or sludge, to an apparatus for obtaining vivianite from a phosphorus-containing waterbody, sediment and/or sludge, and to the use of a composition comprising at least one alkaline earth metal peroxide and a magnetic separating apparatus for obtaining vivianite from a phosphorus...