US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Army on May 27 for "MOF-clay-polymer composite membrane with dispersed filler constituents and anisotropically-oriented clay platelets" (Maryland, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,322, issued on May 27, was assigned to The Government of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington).

"MOF-clay-polymer composite membrane with dispersed filler constituents and anisotropically-oriented clay platelets" was invented by Matthew A Browe (Bel Air, Md.), John M. Landers (Riverton, N.J.), Alex Balboa (Bel Air, Md.) and Wesley O. Gordon (Belcamp, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite membrane and method of making the same, wherein the membrane includes a polymer component; an impermeable clay-platelet filler component; and a permeable metal-organic framework filler component combined ...