ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,441, issued on July 28, was assigned to REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Method of activating metal-organic framework with dimethyl ether" was invented by Adam J. Matzger (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Keenan R. Wright (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of activating a metal-organic framework material can include solvent exchanging the metal organic framework material with DME and then applying a vacuum to remove the DME and any residual solvent."

The patent was filed on Aug. 29, 2023, under Application No. 18/239,396.

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