ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,888, issued on April 14, was assigned to NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).

"Synthesis reactor" was invented by Jui-Hung Cheng (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A synthesis reactor including a container and a control unit is provided. The container includes an outer shell, an inner tank that is disposed in the outer shell and that cooperates with the outer shell to define an interlayer space therebetween, and a heater that is disposed in the interlayer space and that is attached directly to an outer surface of the inner tank. The control unit includes a controller that i...