US Patent Issued to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS on Sept. 16 for "Method for making a polyurethane composite material" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,737, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for making a polyurethane composite material" 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...