ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,569, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

"Cobalt oxide and nickel oxide doped magnesium aluminum oxide (CoO-NiO@MgAl 2 O 4 ) nanocomposite for dye removal from water" was invented by Sondos Abdullah J Almahmoud (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Soad Saad Ahmed Alzahrani (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Babiker Yagoub Elhadi Abdulkhair (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nanocomposite comprising MgAl2O4 includes 1 weight percent (wt. %) to 10 wt. % nickel oxide and 1 wt. % to 10 wt. % cobalt oxide. The nickel oxide and the cobalt oxide are doped in the MgAl2O4. The na...