ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,358, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to TIANJIN UNIVERSITY (China).

"Cascade water recycling intelligent system for shale gas exploitation" was invented by Li He (Tianjin, China) and Wei Ye (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a cascade water recycling intelligent system for shale gas exploitation, comprising a cascade water recycling system, wherein a data output end of the cascade water recycling system is connected with a data input end of an information system, a data output end of the information system is connected with a data input end of a decision making system, and a data output end of the decision ma...