US Patent Issued to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University on April 15 for "Copper-silver-phosphate nanoparticle manufacturing method" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,712, issued on April 15, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Copper-silver-phosphate nanoparticle manufacturing method" was invented by Muhammad Nawaz (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Firdos Alam Khan (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making Cu-Ag3PO4 nanoparticles is provided. The method includes forming a mixture of at least one silver salt, at least one phosphate salt, and at least one copper (II) salt. The method further includes dissolving the mixture in water. The method further includes sonicating the mixture. The method further includes precipitating the Cu-A...