US Patent Issued to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS on Nov. 4 for "Method of making zeolite" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,828, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method of making zeolite" was invented by Akolade Idris Bakare (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Galal A. Naseer (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mohammed Ahmed Sanhoob (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Zain Hassan Yamani (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method of making a zeolite. The method includes mixing an aluminum nitrate with an aqueous solution of NaOH to form a first mixture followed by mixing silica gel with the first mixture to form a second mixture. The second mixture is heated w...