ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,985, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Nanjing University (Nanjing, China).

"Method for reducing risks of composite pollutants in sewage" was invented by Haidong Hu (Nanjing, China), Minghao Yang (Nanjing, China), Yuanji Shi (Nanjing, China) and Hongqiang Ren (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for reducing risks of composite pollutants in sewage, and belongs to the technical field of sewage treatment. The method includes the following steps: S1, measuring the concentration of dissolved organic carbon and the total concentration of composite pollutants in sewage; S2, measuring the proportion P of diss...