US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on April 21 for "Mesoporous silica manufactured in the presence of water-soluble ODSO" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,447, issued on April 21, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Mesoporous silica manufactured in the presence of water-soluble ODSO" was invented by Robert Peter Hodgkins (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Omer Refa Koseoglu (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Mesoporous silica is disclosed possessing a two-dimensional, hexagonal, through-hole structure with a space group p6mm, that is formed using one or more water-soluble oxidized disulfide oil (ODSO) compounds during the synthesis to impart distinct characteristics including an increased percentage of silanol groups."

The patent was filed on ...