US Patent Issued on March 31 for "Obtaining, formulating and producing oxidizable organic plant and mineral carbon for remediation, recovery, conditioning of soil, subsoil, water sources impregnated with fats, oils and hydrocarbons" (Colombian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,269, issued on March 31.

"Obtaining, formulating and producing oxidizable organic plant and mineral carbon for remediation, recovery, conditioning of soil, subsoil, water sources impregnated with fats, oils and hydrocarbons" was invented by Natalia Solano Caballero (Neiva, Colombia) and Tatiana Solano Caballero (Neiva, Colombia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a composition of surfactants that, being part of a negatively charged functional group, have a positive cation to maintain their neutrality, this characteristic present in the surfactants is used for the mixture to be defined and stable, comprisi...