ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,291, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to UNIVERZITA PALACKEHO V OLOMOUCI (Olomouc, Czech Republic).

"Nitrogen and fluorine doped graphene and use thereof" was invented by Michal Otyepka (Olomouc, Czech Republic), Ariesteidis Bakandritsos (Olomouc, Czech Republic), Veronika Sedajova (Mestecko Trnavka, Czech Republic) and Petr Jakubec (Olomouc, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed for preparation of nitrogen-doped graphene having these steps: a) providing a dispersion of fluorinated graphite; b) subjecting the dispersion of fluorinated graphite to sonication and/or mechanical treatment and/or thermal treat...