US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology on Sept. 30 for "Porous copper/copper oxide xerogel catalyst" (South Korean, Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,743, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Porous copper/copper oxide xerogel catalyst" was invented by Hee-Tae Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Chansol Kim (Daejeaon, South Korea) and Issam Gereige (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrocatalytic catalyst is provided. The electrocatalytic catalyst includes a xerogel including copper (I) oxide and copper."

The patent was filed on Jan. 20, 2022, under Application No. 17/580,388.

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