US Patent Issued to Washington State University on Sept. 1 for "Electrochemical soil reactor" (Washington, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,002, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Washington State University (Pullman, Wash.).

"Electrochemical soil reactor" was invented by Haluk Beyenal (Pullman, Wash.), Abdelrhman Mohamed (Chicago) and Maren Friesen (Pullman, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bioelectrochemical soil assessment method and system is disclosed, wherein electrical measurements provide distinct differences between healthy and unhealthy soils, and wherein the presence of microbes coupled to an electrode also indicates healthy soil but not for unhealthy soil. Moreover, a soil amendment solution addition stimulated current in both healthy and unhealthy soil...