US Patent Issued to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS on Oct. 14 for "Method for separating nonpolar hydrocarbon from water" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,634, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for separating nonpolar hydrocarbon from water" was invented by Tawfik Abdo Saleh Awadh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Nadeem Baig (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite material of polyurethane foam having a layer of reduced graphene oxide and polystyrene is described. This composite material may be made by contacting a polyurethane foam with a suspension of reduced graphene oxide, drying, and then irradiating in the presence of styrene vapor. The composite material has a hydrophobic surface...