US Patent Issued to IMAM MUHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY on Oct. 21 for "Method for making bentonite/natural fiber nanocomposite" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,463, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to IMAM MUHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for making bentonite/natural fiber nanocomposite" was invented by Abdulrahman G. Alhamzani (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Saad A. Aljlil (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a nanocomposite is provided. The method includes dispersing nanocellulose and nano-bentonite in water and mixing to form a mixture. The method includes drying by heating the mixture at a temperature of at least 40deg C. to form a dry mixture. The method further includes mixing the dry mixture with an alkylamine to form a...