US Patent Issued to IMAM MUHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY on Oct. 21 for "Method of making nanocomposite from date palm tree and Saudi bentonite" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,462, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to IMAM MUHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Method of making nanocomposite from date palm tree and Saudi bentonite" 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 alkyl...