ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,939, issued on March 24, was assigned to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co. (Spring, Texas).

"Porous liquid, self-replenishing porous liquid and methods of making and using the same" was invented by Ning Ma (Whitehouse Station, N.J.), Mohsen S. Yeganeh (Newton, Pa.), Robert J. Colby (Annandale, N.J.), Qiuzi Li (Clinton, N.J.) and Matthew S. Ide (Doylestown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a porous liquid or a porous liquid enzyme system that includes a high surface area solid and a liquid film substantially covering the high surface area solid. The porous liquid or porous liquid enzyme may...