US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University on April 7 for "Algae-resistant bitumen-containing materials" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,369, issued on April 7, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Algae-resistant bitumen-containing materials" was invented by Elham Fini (Phoenix), Farideh Pahlavan (Tempe, Ariz.) and Albert Hung (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modified bitumen composition includes bitumen, biomass oil including one or more phenolic compounds, and added sulfur. The modified bitumen composition includes between about 5 wt % and about 25 wt % of the added sulfur, at least some of the added sulfur is present as polysulfide chains, and at least some of the one or more phenolic co...