ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,367, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to STEWART SUPERABSORBENTS LLC (Hickory, N.C.).

"System and method for packaging an absorbent for solidification of liquid medical waste" was invented by Quint Barefoot (McLeansville, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention includes a system and method for delivery and storage of an absorbent for solidification of liquid waste. The system includes a plurality of nestable containers configured to receive aqueous liquid to be solidified and forming a packet safe space when nested one within another. The system also includes a plurality of packets at least partially soluble in the aqueous l...