ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,950, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for making jute carbon-based composite coating" was invented by Md. Abdul Aziz (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Shaik Inayath Basha (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mohammed Maslehuddin (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Shamsad Ahmad (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a submicron-/nano-jute carbon/epoxy composite anti-corrosion coating is described. The method includes heating a jute stick, grinding the jute stick to form a first powder; pyrolyzing the first powder to form a pyrolyzed carbon; gri...