ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,554, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Triamine-functionalized MCM-41-based filtration membrane" was invented by Abdul Waheed (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Umair Baig (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Shehzada Muhammad Sajid Jillani (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filtration membrane including a first layer having a triamine-functionalized polysilicate mesoporous material, a second layer including a polysulfone; and a third layer including a polyester terephthalate is described. An orthosilicate group of the triamine-functionalized polysilicate mes...