US Patent Issued to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS on Nov. 11 for "Porous water decontamination membrane" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,895, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Porous water decontamination membrane" was invented by Umair Baig (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Abdul Waheed (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A membrane including a polysulfone/polyethylene terephthalate (PSf/PET) support and an active layer on an outer surface of the PSf/PET support. The active layer comprises reacted units of a diacyl chloride compound, a tetra-amine compound, and a nanocomposite including graphitic carbon nitride and polypyrrole. The membrane of the present disclosure is self-cleaning...