ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,574, issued on June 3, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Biomass derived nanocomposite for hydrogen production" was invented by Mohamed Nady Abd El-Hameed Ibrahim (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Abdulrahman G. Alhamzani (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Mortaga Mohamed M. Abou-Krisha (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Abdullah A. Aldakhil (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Zainab Mohammed Abdullah Almarhoon (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of hydrolyzing a borohydride includes extracting nanocellulose from date palm waste and forming nanocellulose crystals. The method includes dispersing the NC...