ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,751, issued on April 21, was assigned to KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for heavy fuel desulfurization using ultrasonically induced cavitation" was invented by Paolo Guida (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia), William LaFayette Roberts IV (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) and Saumitra Saxena (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process is disclosed for removing sulfides from liquid fossil fuel comprising mixing the liquid fossil fuel with an oxidizer and catalyst to form a multiphase reaction medium and producing a fluid flow of the multiphase reaction medium. Ultra sound may be applied t...