ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,649, issued on March 31, was assigned to ShenZhen YUTO Packaging Technology Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Cat litter and the preparation method thereof" was invented by Zhengyang Mu (Shenzhen, China), Guocheng Han (Shenzhen, China), Yanfei Cheng (Shenzhen, China), Yao Peng (Shenzhen, China), Wei He (Shenzhen, China), Wenxiu Li (Shenzhen, China), Rui Guo (Shenzhen, China) and Mengyao Li (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A type of cat litter and its preparation method are provided. The content of this cat litter is calculated according to parts by mass and includes the following components: 100 parts of plant fiber waste,...