US Patent Issued to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University on Nov. 3 for "Method for making nanocomposite film" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,096, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for making nanocomposite film" was invented by Khaled Fikry Salama (Dammam, Saudi Arabia) and Arwa Abdulrahman Al Thumari (Dammam, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A health care and/or entertainment device protective film may be configured to contact human skin, e.g., to limit the transmission of infection by bacteria, fungi, protozoa, prions, and/or viruses. The film may be formed as a nanocomposite film including at least 75 wt. %, relative to total organic matrix weight, of polyethylene, silver particles, and TiO...