US Patent Issued to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL on Oct. 6 for "Immobolized organometallic catalyst and application of same" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,265, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Immobolized organometallic catalyst and application of same" was invented by Elizabeth Q. Contreras (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalyst includes a plurality of amphiphiles. Each of the amphiphiles includes a polar head and a non-polar tail. At least a portion of the amphiphiles are functionalized amphiphiles. Each of the functionalized amphiphiles has a catalytic center coupled to the polar head. The catalytic center is disposed at an internal hydrophilic environment, which is encapsulated within a hydrophobic shell formed by the ...