ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,361, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Beijing).

"Intelligent pollen monitoring and analysis system and its control method" was invented by Ling Meng (Beijing), Liding Chen (Beijing), Lei Yang (Beijing), Weiqi Zhou (Beijing), Hua Zheng (Beijing) and Guangyao Gao (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an intelligent pollen monitoring and analysis system and control method. The system includes a monitoring box equipped with a control module and a support platform. The support platform is equipped with a slide storage rack, a pollen sampling asse...