ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,203, issued on May 12, was assigned to Battelle Savannah River Alliance LLC (Aiken, S.C.).

"Functionalized porous material and related methods" was invented by Cory L. Trivelpiece (Aiken, S.C.), Madison C. Hsieh II (Aiken, S.C.) and Austin Stanfield (Aiken, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a functionalized porous material includes a synthetic porous material, the synthetic porous material comprising a surface, wherein at least a portion of the synthetic porous material surface is a substrate; and a mixed-metal hydroxide, wherein the mixed-metal hydroxide is affixed to the substrate."

The patent was filed on Dec. 15,...