US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University on March 3 for "Bitumen composites with impregnated zeolites" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,573, issued on March 3, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Bitumen composites with impregnated zeolites" was invented by Elham Fini (Phoenix), Dong-Kyun Seo (Chandler, Ariz.), Sand Aldagari (Tempe, Ariz.) and Masoumeh Mousavi (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bitumen composite includes an amine-impregnated zeolite and bitumen. Forming the bitumen composite includes combining bitumen and an amine-impregnated zeolite to yield a mixture, heating the mixture to yield the bitumen composite."

The patent was filed on Aug. 16, 2023, under Application No. 18/450,5...