US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM on Oct. 7 for "Synthesis of finned zeolite crystals" (Texas, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,974, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SYSTEM (Houston).

"Synthesis of finned zeolite crystals" was invented by Jeffrey D. Rimer (Houston), Yufeng Shen (Columbia, Md.) and Heng Dai (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary growth procedure described herein is used to prepare finned zeolites. The finned zeolites possess properties that are distinctly unique compared to crystals of similar size lacking fins. The procedure is amenable to a wide range of zeolite crystal structures."

The patent was filed on Feb. 9, 2021, under Application No. 17/798,748.

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