US Patent Issued to Inner Mongolia University of Technology on Jan. 20 for "Aspergillus fumigatus for degrading soil microplastics and application thereof" (Chinese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,026, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Inner Mongolia University of Technology (Hohhot, China).

"Aspergillus fumigatus for degrading soil microplastics and application thereof" was invented by Yingnan Cao (Hohhot, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An Aspergillus fumigatus for degrading soil microplastics and an application thereof are provided. The Aspergillus fumigatus has a preservation name of Aspergillus fumigatus F and is deposited at the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center on Sep. 18, 2024 under CGMCC NO. 41513. The Aspergillus fumigatus F may grow in an environment with PE and PET as the only carbon sou...