US Patent Issued to Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel on Nov. 3 for "Device and method for extracting water from a soil sample" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,247, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel (Kiel, Germany).

"Device and method for extracting water from a soil sample" was invented by Martina Gerken (Kiel, Germany), Igor Titov (Borgstedt, Germany) and Soenke Boeckmann (Kiel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A soil-water extraction device, with at least one matrix body (I), into which at least one channel (2) for receiving a soil-water sample is formed, a porous, hydrophilic ceramic (3), which likewise is introduced into the matrix body and which closes off the channel toward the soil side, flush with the matrix body (I), and a hose (4), wh...