ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,653, issued on April 14, was assigned to NANCHANG UNIVERSITY (Nanchang, China).

"Device and method for cooperatively treating aquaculture tail water" was invented by Beijuan Hu (Nanchang, China), Xinxin Lai (Nanchang, China), Guilan Yu (Nanchang, China) and Yijiang Hong (Nanchang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for cooperatively treating aquaculture tail water by algae and bacteria is provided, including an aquaculture part; the aquaculture part is communicated with a sewage discharge part, and the sewage discharge part is communicated with a tail water treatment part, and the tail water treatment part is communicated...