ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,810, issued on July 15, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Co3O4/CuO/MgO and (Cu0.97Co0.03)O/MgO/CoO Nanocomposites and method of pechini sol-gel fabricating" was invented by Ehab Abdelhamed Abdelrahman Ahmed (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Co3O4/CuO/MgO nanocomposite material includes cubic Co3O4 crystalline phases; monoclinic CuO crystalline phases; and cubic MgO crystalline phases. The average crystallite size of the Co3O4/CuO/MgO nanocomposite material is in a range from 50 to 70 nm, and the Co3O4/CuO/MgO nanocomposite material has a granular morphology compri...