ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,955, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Tianjin University (Tianjin, China).

"Copper-magnesium co-doped carbonized wood sponge material, preparation therefor, and application thereof, and method for converting plastics into fuel based on fenton-like system" was invented by Ning Li (Tianjin, China), Jingya Ye (Tianjin, China), Guanyi Chen (Tianjin, China), Chengzhan Jun (Tianjin, China), Beibei Yan (Tianjin, China), Xiaoqiang Cui (Tianjin, China) and Fawei Lin (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a copper-magnesium co-doped carbonized wood sponge material, a preparation therefor, and an applic...