ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,169, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"CaB2O4/PbO/CuO/Pb3O4/PbB2O4/Pb4O(BO3)2 nanocomposite material and method of making" was invented by Ehab Abdelhamed Abdelrahman Ahmed (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Faisal Khuwayshan Lafi Algethami (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiphase particulate nanocomposite material comprising, as determined by X-ray diffraction: a monoclinic CuO crystalline phase; an orthorhombic CaB2O4 crystalline phase; an orthorhombic PbO crystalline phase; an orthorhombic Pb4O(BO3)2 crystalline phase; a tetragonal Pb3O4 crystalline...