ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,744, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Particulate nanocomposite material" was invented by Ehab Abdelhamed Abdelrahman Ahmed (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A particulate nanocomposite material comprising, as determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD): elemental carbon (C); elemental nickel (Ni) in a cubic crystalline phase; a cubic nickel oxide (NiO) crystalline phase; an orthorhombic calcium borate (CaB2O4) crystalline phase; and, a magnesium borate (MgB2O4) crystalline phase. The porous particulate nanocomposite is characterized in that, based on t...