US Patent Issued to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS on Dec. 9 for "Amine appended bimetallic metal-organic framework (MOF-74) for carbon dioxide capture and method of preparation thereof" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,493, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Amine appended bimetallic metal-organic framework (MOF-74) for carbon dioxide capture and method of preparation thereof" was invented by Aasif Helal (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Rodynah Abdullatif Alabdulhadi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal-organic framework (MOF) includes cadmium, magnesium, linking units of 2,5-dihydroxyterephthalic acid complexed with cadmium and magnesium, and units of guanidine in an amount of 1 to 25 percent by weight (wt. %) based on the total weight of the MOF. The units ...