ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,692, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Harbin Normal University (Harbin City, China).

"Structure for treating saline alkali soil and biological treatment method" was invented by Hanxi Wang (Harbin City, China), Lingyun Fan (Harbin City, China) and Shuang Zhao (Harbin City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a structure for treating saline alkali soil and a biological treatment method, relating to the technical field of bioremediation for special soil and solving problems of single existing saline alkali soil improvement method, long improvement period, high cost and poor effect due to a single material. I...