ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,029, issued on June 16, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for manufacture of crystalline material having a CHA framework in the presence of 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: "The present disclosure is directed to a method of manufacture of CHA framework crystalline materials of silica and a framework metal oxide. This is accomplished by using an improved sol-gel formulation including a water-soluble fraction of ODSO as an additional component. The resulting products include CHA framework c...