US Patent Issued to UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY on Feb. 10 for "Method of making a biodegradable thermal insulation composite based on poly (Beta-hydroxybutyrate)" (Emirati Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,768, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates).

"Method of making a biodegradable thermal insulation composite based on poly (Beta-hydroxybutyrate)" was invented by Basim Abu-Jdayil (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates), Amal Mlhem (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates) and Muhammad Iqbal (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a biodegradable thermal insulation composite based on poly(Beta-hydroxybutyrate) includes immersing powdered date palm fibers in a silane-grafting solution to produce silylated date palm fibers. The silylated date palm fibers are ...