ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,995, issued on June 10, was assigned to Tianjin University of Science and Technology (Tianjin, China).

"Magnetic response fiber material and its preparation method and application" was invented by Bowen Cheng (Tianjin, China), Dengkun Shu (Tianjin, China), Shuo Yang (Tianjin, China), Chenyang Li (Tianjin, China), Peng Xi (Tianjin, China) and Lei Xia (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic response fiber material and a preparation method and an application thereof are provided, which relates to the field of oil-water separation materials. The preparation method includes: mixing a fiber-forming polymer, a primary solv...