ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,347, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN CERAMICS & PLASTICS INC. (Worcester, Mass.).

"Monolithic body comprising metal organic frameworks" was invented by Ian Kidd (Oxford, Mass.), Wesley S. Towle (North Grosvenordale, Conn.), Paul W. Rehrig (Sterling, Mass.), Mark Hampden-Smith (Chelmsford, Mass.), Choung-Houng Lai (Acton, Mass.), Lynne Kathleen Larochelle-Richard (Littleton, Mass.), Eli Kosson (Worcester, Mass.), Zachary Costantino (Framingham, Mass.) and Qian Ni (Northboro, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monolithic body can comprise metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and a polymeric binder, wherein the monolith...