US Patent Issued to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University on April 22 for "Super absorbing resin composite with base material for improving soil water retention" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,253, issued on April 22, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Super absorbing resin composite with base material for improving soil water retention" was invented by Ayhan Bozkurt (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Omer Aga (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Huseyin Tombuloglu (Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Ismail Anil (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Seyda Tugba G. Anil (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is described for improving water retention in soil, which involves mixing a super absorbing resin (SAR) composite with the soil. The SAR composite comprises a natural pozzolan and at least one polyme...