ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,956, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Method of forming a sulfur containing cross-linked porous polymer" was invented by Othman Charles Sadeq Al Hamouz (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Mahmoud Mohamed Abdelnaby (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method includes mixing an aldehyde and a first solvent to form a mixture. The method further includes mixing an organosulfur phenol and an aromatic compound to the mixture to form a phenol mixture and heating the phenol mixture in the presence of an acid to form a solid. The solid is dried to obtain t...