ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,523, issued on July 29, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Fe-Co core shell nanospheres" was invented by Emre Cevik (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Ayhan Bozkurt (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fe-Co core-shell nanospheres and a method for producing the Fe-Co core-shell nanospheres are disclosed. Further disclosed is a method of reducing an organic contaminant in a solution by mixing the Fe-Co core-shell nanospheres with the solution. The Fe-Co core-shell nanosphere includes a shell made of a material having a formula CoxFeyO(x+1.5y) and a hollow core. The Fe-Co core-shell ...