ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,451, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia).

"Diorganyl diselenide-clubbed quaternary purines as corrosion inhibitors" was invented by Saadeldin Elsayed Ibrahim Shabaan (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia), Hany Mohamed Abd El-Lateef Ahmed (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia), Tarek Ahmed Yousef (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Ahmed S. M. Aljanabi (Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "New diorganyl diselenide-clubbed quaternary purine are described herein, as well as the use of such diorganyl diselenide compounds in forming anticorrosion coatings for metal. Also described are methods for forming the new di...