ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,387, issued on July 15, was assigned to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (Hangzhou, China) and Ningbo China Communications Water Transportation Design and Research Co. Ltd. (Ningbo, China).

"Soft soil foundation single-hole depth air compression drainage device and working method thereof" was invented by Jun Wang (Zhejiang, China), Hongyue Sun (Zhejiang, China), Qingsong Shen (Zhejiang, China), Qi Chen (Zhejiang, China), Guangpeng Hong (Zhejiang, China), Junwei Shu (Zhejiang, China), Juan Zheng (Zhejiang, China), Jilei Chang (Zhejiang, China) and Chao Fu (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses a soft soil f...