ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,289, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to KUWAIT UNIVERSITY (Safat, Kuwait).

"Altering sedimentation mechanisms in carbon-based nano-lubricants" was invented by Naser Alsayegh (Safat, Kuwait) and Ammar M. Bahman (Safat, Kuwait).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of making improved nanolubricants are providing including dispersing carbon nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of graphene (GN), single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs), and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) in a base fluid, such as POE. The carbon nanoparticles are dispersed by adding the carbon nanoparticles to the base fluid to obtain a mixture and mixing...