ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,135, issued on June 17, was assigned to Sugian Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Suqian, China).

"Device and use method for wild Monopterus albus domestication" was invented by Xuanpeng Wang (Suqian, China), Yongchun Ge (Suqian, China), Gaowei Zhang (Suqian, China) and Hanlin Zhou (Suqian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for wild Monopterus albus domestication includes a circular water tank, the circular water tank is placed on a bracket, a groove is arranged in the circular water tank, a drainpipe is arranged in the groove, a plug is detachably connected to the drainpipe, the...