ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,006, issued on March 31, was assigned to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY (Hangzhou, China).

"Zeolites based on waste incineration fly ash and preparation methods thereof" was invented by Yaqi Peng (Hangzhou, China), Hengsheng Pan (Hangzhou, China), Shengyong Lu (Hangzhou, China), Jiamin Ding (Hangzhou, China), Weichao Kong (Hangzhou, China), Hailong Li (Hangzhou, China) and Jianhua Yan (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing zeolite based on waste incineration fly ash is provided, including: step (a) subjecting the waste incineration fly ash to acid washing to remove impurities, followed by water washing and dryin...