ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,594, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Shimose Microbes Laboratory Corp. (Tokyo).
"Drying apparatus of porous material, hydrogen production system including the same, and method for drying porous material" was invented by Shinichi Shimose (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drying apparatus of porous material includes a reduced-pressure fermentation dryer configured to: store porous material containing water in an airtight container; heat and stir the porous material under reduced pressure so that a temperature of the porous material is within a predetermined temperature range; feed microorganisms into the airtight container so ...