ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,087, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates).

"Bio-composite material integrating natural fibers with bio-binders and a process for its preparation" was invented by Noura Almazrouei (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates), Waleed Ahmed (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates) and Ali Al Marzouqi (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure pertains to bio-composites comprising plant biomass, a bio-binder, and a carbon nanomaterial, and a process for their preparation. The bio-composite materials of the present disclosure offer superior mechanical and therma...