ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,120, issued on May 20, was assigned to Zhengzhou University (Zhengzhou, China).

"Lotus leaf derived biochar loaded with ZIF-67, and preparation method therefor and application method thereof" was invented by Hongyou Wan (Zhengzhou, China), Jingwei Yan (Zhengzhou, China), Wei Zhang (Zhengzhou, China), Lin Gong (Zhengzhou, China), Xinfeng Zhu (Zhengzhou, China), Chaohai Wang (Zhengzhou, China) and Cong Guo (Zhengzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lotus leaf derived biochar loaded with ZIF-67, and a preparation method therefor and an application method thereof are provided, which relate to the field of environmental protection...