ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,737, issued on April 29, was assigned to Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China).

"Amine-supported mesoporous carbon and preparation method and use thereof" was invented by Minghui Tang (Hangzhou, China), Hongxian Li (Hangzhou, China), Shengyong Lu (Hangzhou, China), Qi Liu (Hangzhou, China), Zhiyuan Gong (Hangzhou, China) and Jianhua Yan (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Amine-supported mesoporous carbon and a preparation method and use thereof are provided. The preparation method includes: dissolving glucosamine hydrochloride completely in deionized water; adding aqueous colloidal silica dropwise under stirring for full ...