ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,984, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SHANDONG JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY (Jinan, China), SHANDONG UNIVERSITY (Jinan, China), CHONGQING UNIVERSITY (Chongqing, China) and JINAN JINYUE HIGHWAY ENGINEERING Co. LTD. (Jinan, China).

"Method of paving a roadway using hydrogel modified subgrade" was invented by Xinzhuang Cui (Jinan, China), Jin Li (Jinan, China), Qing Jin (Jinan, China), Shen Zuo (Jinan, China), Dalu Xiong (Jinan, China), Peng Jiang (Jinan, China), Xiaoning Zhang (Jinan, China), Yefeng Du (Jinan, China), Kai Yuan (Jinan, China) and Chongsheng Xin (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An adjustment method of moisture conte...