ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,066, issued on April 22, was assigned to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Zhejiang, China).

"Device and process for preparing sebacic acid through electromagnetic induction heating coupled with dry constant-temperature alkaline hydrolysis" was invented by Yong Nie (Zhejiang, China), Shangzhi Yu (Zhejiang, China), Qianhui Weng (Zhejiang, China), Hua Zhang (Zhejiang, China) and Zhendong Liu (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a device and process for preparing sebacic acid through electromagnetic induction heating coupled with dry constant-temperature alkaline hydrolysis. The device includ...