ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,841, issued on March 31, was assigned to Suzhou Feichi Environmental Protection Technology Co. Ltd (Zhangjiagang, China).

"Water surface floater collecting ship" was invented by Cheng Wu (Zhangjiagang, China), Fengliang Dong (Zhangjiagang, China), Xiaoyu Xue (Zhangjiagang, China), Lei Gao (Zhangjiagang, China), Peisong Wu (Zhangjiagang, China), Yunfei Qian (Zhangjiagang, China), Lijing Yao (Zhangjiagang, China) and Junyi Shi (Zhangjiagang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to the technical field of water surface waste treatment, and in particular to a water surface floater collecting ship. The techni...