US Patent Issued to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University on July 21 for "Method of preparing a bismuth sulfide particle containing antibacterial composition" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,316, issued on July 21, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Method of preparing a bismuth sulfide particle containing antibacterial composition" was invented by Muhammad Nawaz (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Faiza Qureshi (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods of synthesizing Bi2S3-CdS particles in the form of spheres as well as properties of these Bi2S3-CdS particles are described. Methods of photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants employing these Bi2S3-CdS particles and methods of preventing or reducing microbial growth on a surface by applying these Bi2S3-CdS pa...