US Patent Issued to Environmental Material Science on Sept. 9 for "Methods and systems for stimulating and detecting the biological degradation of hydrocarbons and biogeochemical cycles in contaminated soils" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,123, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Environmental Material Science Inc. (Edmonton, Canada).

"Methods and systems for stimulating and detecting the biological degradation of hydrocarbons and biogeochemical cycles in contaminated soils" was invented by Steven Douglas Siciliano (Saskatoon, Canada), John Derek Peak (Saskatoon, Canada), Paolo Giuseppe Mussone (Edmonton, Canada) and Curtis Senger (Edmonton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This document discusses depletion sensors and soil monitoring systems, including soil bioremediation systems and methods. A depletion sensor may have a sensor tubing; and a plurality of sensor ...