ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,857, issued on April 14, was assigned to Chunyan Zhong (Haikou City, China), HAINAN YEGUO FOODS Co. LTD. (Haikou City, China), HAINAN GUANGYU BIOTECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Haikou City, China), NANJING YEGUO FOODS Co. LTD (Nanjing City, China) and BAODING GUANGYU FRUIT PROCESSING FOOD Co. LTD. (Baoding City, China).

"Bacterial cellulose-based air filter mesh and use thereof" was invented by Yuguang Zhong (Haikou City, China) and Chunyan Zhong (Haikou City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bacterial cellulose-based air filter mesh and use thereof are disclosed. The bacterial cellulose-based air filter mesh comprises a three-layer struc...