ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,736, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (Zhejiang, China).

"Stenotrophomonas maltophilia GYH and application thereof in degradation of chlorinated hydrocarbon pollutants" was invented by Zhuowei Cheng (Zhejiang, China), Dongzhi Chen (Zhejiang, China), Jiade Wang (Zhejiang, China), Jianming Yu (Zhejiang, China), Jianmeng Chen (Zhejiang, China) and Yanhong Guan (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention discloses Stenotrophomonas maltophilia GYH and its application in degrading chlorinated hydrocarbon pollutants, and the application is carried out as follows: resting cells ob...