ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,945, issued on April 14, was assigned to Yulin University (Yulin, China).

"Platinum catalyst recycling device with multiple filtration structures" was invented by Yu Meng (Yulin, China), Liang Ma (Yulin, China), Linbin Ying (Yulin, China), Xiaoyan Liu (Yulin, China) and Yajun Ma (Yulin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A platinum catalyst recycling device with multiple filtration structures is provided. The device includes a support base, a recycling housing, and a crushing housing. A top of the support base is fixedly connected to the recycling housing, a top surface of the recycling housing is fixedly connected to the crushing...