ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,495, issued on July 8, was assigned to QINGDAO SHANQING HOTONE ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Qingdao, China).

"Wastewater treatment system, construction method for wastewater treatment system, and wastewater treatment cylinder" was invented by Shilian Mao (Qingdao, China), Xianlian Yang (Qingdao, China), Zhengkai Mao (Qingdao, China), Jianmeng Du (Qingdao, China) and Haofeng Luan (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wastewater treatment system includes a foundation layer and a cylindrical wastewater treatment tank provided on the foundation layer, where the wastewater treatment tank includes a first treatment space enc...