ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,794, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to PRINCE MOHAMMAD BIN FAHD UNIVERSITY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Pyrrole synthesis method using juice catalyst" was invented by M. Amin Mir (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Syed M. Hasnain (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and K. Andrews (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for making a pyrrole includes reacting an aryl amine with a hexadione compound in the presence of a juice catalyst that contains juice from a fruit of a plant in the genus Malus."

The patent was filed on April 23, 2025, under Application No. 19/187,847.

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