ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,489, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY (Spring, Texas).

"Methods of making metal-organic framework extrudates" was invented by Matthew T. Kapelewski (Flemington, N.J.), Jean W. Beeckman (Annandale, N.J.) and Gerardo J. Majano (Basking Ridge, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods making a metal-organic framework extrudate in an extruder comprising the steps of: (a) mixing a metal-organic framework material with an extrusion aid to form a metal-organic framework extrudate mixture; and (b) extruding the metal-organic framework mixture in the extruder to produce the metal-organic frame...