ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,189, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY (Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates).

"Biomass-enhanced polymeric composite with prosopis cineraria for sustainable construction and thermal insulation applications" was invented by Waleed Ahmed (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates), Noura Al Mazrouei (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 in general relates to the field of biocomposite materials for construction and structural applications (e.g. biomass-enhanced polymeric composites for sustainable construction and thermal insulatio...