US Patent Issued to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology on March 4 for "Sonication method for making adsorbent composition" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,954, issued on March 4, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Sonication method for making adsorbent composition" was invented by Bassam Shafiq Tawabini (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Muataz Ali Atieh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Faraj Ahmad Abuilaiwi (Hafr AlBatin, Saudi Arabia) and Segun Biodun Adebayo (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions for the adsorptive removal of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) from contaminated water sources and systems. The compositions contain carbon...