ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,965, issued on July 21, was assigned to Xi'an Polytechnic University (Xi'an, China) and Northwest A&F University Shenzhen Research Inst (Shenzhen, China).

"Use of Aspergillus cejpii in metabolism of flammable and explosive gas" was invented by Yiqing Yao (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspergillus cejpii is used in metabolism of a flammable and explosive gas. It has been determined that Aspergillus cejpii S8 exhibits an excellent absorption and metabolism effect for a flammable and explosive gas such as hydrogen and methane, and a mixed gas including the flammable and explosive gas. The Aspergillus cejpii S8 strain ca...