ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,975, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for manufacture of pure silica zeolites in the presence of ODSO" was invented by Robert Peter Hodgkins (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Omer Refa Koseoglu (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Javier Ruiz Martinez (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) and Moussa Zaarour (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a method to synthesize pure silica zeolites. This is accomplished by using an improved sol-gel formulation including a water-soluble fraction of ODSO as an additional component together with precursors and reagents effecti...