ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,932, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Filtration membrane" was invented by Shehzada Muhammad Sajid Jillani (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Umair Baig (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Abdul Waheed (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filtration membrane including a first layer having a triamine-functionalized copper oxide polysilicate mesoporous material, a second layer including a polysulfone, and a third layer including a polyester terephthalate. The triamine-functionalized copper oxide polysilicate mesoporous material includes a copper oxide polysilicat...