ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,741, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Method to synthesize silver nanohybrid material" was invented by Asma Mohammed Zamil Elsharif (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Monerah Ahmed Hassan Almarzooq (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method to synthesize a silver nanohybrid material. The method includes mixing a nitrate solution with a citrate solution to form silver nanoparticles (AgNPs). The method further includes esterifying a first mixture including octadecanoic acid, octadec-9-enoic acid, and octadeca-9,12-dienoic acid with caffeic acid in the presence...