ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,310,328, issued on May 27, was assigned to Qingdao Magic Pet Products Co. Ltd. (Qingdao, China).
"Plant-based cat litter and preparation method thereof" was invented by Panjin Gao (Qingdao, China), Juanjuan Gou (Qingdao, China), Luning Jin (Qingdao, China) and Yi Liu (Qingdao, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a plant-based cat litter and a preparation method thereof, and relates to the technical field of pet products. In the present disclosure, the plant-based cat litter is prepared by coconut shell fiber, coffee grounds, starch, a binder, and water. The plant-based cat litter adopts purely natural, po...