US Patent Issued to Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University on Aug. 11 for "Seashell and multi-walled carbon nanotube reinforced nylon composites" (Saudi Arabia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,781, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Seashell and multi-walled carbon nanotube reinforced nylon composites" was invented by Deepanraj Balakrishnan (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite including a thermoplastic polyamide resin, multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), and seashells (SSs). The particles of the SSs have an average size of less than 100 micrometers (micro metre). The composite includes 80-99 wt. % of the thermoplastic polyamide resin, 0.1-1 wt. % of the MWCNTs, and 1-20 wt. % of the SSs, based on a total weight of the composite. ...