ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,995, issued on July 14, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF TABUK (Tabuk, Saudi Arabia).

"Fluorinated, nano GO-reinforced dual-cured alkyd-polyester" was invented by Mona Obead Albalawi (Tabuk, Saudi Arabia), Moatassim Mohamed Raoof Mohamed Rashad Shindy (Alexandria, Egypt), Magdy Youssef Ali Abdelaal (Mansoura, Egypt) and Mohamed Abdel Salam (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alkyd-polyester paint which includes a graphene oxide (GO)-modified resin, benzoyl peroxide, a diisocyanate, a pigment, a solvent, and one or more components such as a tertiary amine and a metal carboxylate. The GO-modified resin includes graphene o...