US Patent Issued to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University on Dec. 30 for "Spinning and weaving method for making antimicrobial cotton" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,817, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Spinning and weaving method for making antimicrobial cotton" was invented by Khaled Salama (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Reem Y Al Jindan (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making an antimicrobial textile comprising TiO2 nanoparticles is described. The TiO2 nanoparticles are immobilized by first treating a textile with a base, and then contacting with TiO2 nanoparticles in a solution of an alcohol and acid. The textile may be subsequently irradiated with UV light prior to use. The antimicrobial textile sh...