US Patent Issued to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals on Nov. 4 for "Aqueous solution method for forming hydrodesulfurization catalyst" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,955, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Aqueous solution method for forming hydrodesulfurization catalyst" was invented by Tawfik Abdo Saleh Awadh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Umar Cheche Abubakar (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a hydrodesulfurization catalyst having nickel and molybdenum supported on activated carbon is specified. The hydrodesulfurization catalyst produced is mesoporous having an average pore diameter of 4-10 nm and a BET surface area of 250-500 m2/g. The utilization of the hydrodesulfurization catalyst in ...