ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,229, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Tongji University (Shanghai).

"Method and system for realizing rapid degradation of halogenated organic pollutants in water" was invented by Xiong Zheng (Shanghai), Yang Wu (Shanghai), Lang Chen (Shanghai), Yinguang Chen (Shanghai) and Jiasheng Jin (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a system for realizing rapid degradation of halogenated organic pollutants in water. The system comprises a hydrodehalogenation reactor, an advanced oxidation reactor, a hydrogen gas supply unit and a control unit. The system for realizing rapid degradation of halogenated organic pollutants in wat...