Patents Assigned to King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
  • Publication number: 20240424487
    Abstract: Modified zeolites may include a microporous framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may include a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm, wherein the plurality of mesopores are ordered with cubic symmetry. The modified zeolite may include a plurality of zirconium hydride moieties each bonded to at least two bridging oxygen atoms, wherein a zirconium atom of the zirconium hydride is bonded to the bridging oxygen atom, and wherein the bridging oxygen atom bridges the zirconium atom of the zirconium hydride moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Robert Peter Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Kuo-Wei Huang, Magnus Rueping, Manoja K. Samantaray, Rajesh Kumar Parsapur, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari
  • Publication number: 20240416333
    Abstract: Modified zeolites may include a microporous framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The modified zeolite may include a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm, wherein the plurality of mesopores are ordered with cubic symmetry. The modified zeolite may include a plurality of hafnium hydride moieties each bonded to at least two bridging oxygen atoms, wherein a hafnium atom of the hafnium hydride is bonded to the bridging oxygen atom, and wherein the bridging oxygen atom bridges the hafnium atom of the hafnium hydride moiety and a silicon atom of the microporous framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Robert Peter Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Kuo-Wei Huang, Magnus Rueping, Manoja K. Samantaray, Rajesh Kumar Parsapur, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari
  • Publication number: 20240421104
    Abstract: A method for water drainage of a substrate includes creating, on a surface of the substrate, a designated hydrophobic region having hydrophobic surfaces of a hydrophobic film. Electronic circuitries are fabricated in the designated hydrophobic region of the substrate. The method further includes creating, on the surface of the substrate, a designated hydrophilic region having hydrophilic surfaces of the substrate. A drainage channel is formed in the designated hydrophilic region. The method further includes facilitating, based on capillary imbibition of the drainage channel, fluid flow from the designated hydrophobic region to a drainage/evaporation port to prevent damage of the electronic circuitries by moisture accumulation in the designated hydrophobic region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicants: SAUDI ARABIANOIL COMPANY, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Dong Kyu Cha, Abdullah Abdulaziz AlOmier, Subhash C. Ayirala, Mohammed Badri Al-Otaibi, Ali Abdallah Al-Yousef, Hussein Hoteit
  • Publication number: 20240416330
    Abstract: Described herein are zeolite Beta particles with radially arranged mesopores and methods of making the same. In one or more embodiments, a zeolite Beta particle may include a Beta zeolitic framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. In embodiments, the Beta zeolitic framework may include alumina and silica. In embodiments, the zeolite Beta particles disclosed herein may include a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm. In embodiments, the plurality of mesopores may be arranged in a center-radial configuration, such that mesopores run from a central region of the zeolite Beta particle towards the edge of the zeolite Beta particle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Parsapur, Robert Peter Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Kuo-Wei Huang, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari
  • Patent number: 12168223
    Abstract: A method for making a metal carbide based catalyst for crude oil cracking includes mixing a clay with a phosphorous based stabilizer material to obtain a liquid slurry; adding an aluminosilicate zeolite and an ultrastable Y zeolite to the liquid slurry; adding Al2Cl(OH)5 to the liquid slurry; adding metal carbide particles, having a given diameter, to the liquid slurry to obtain a mixture; and spray drying the mixture to obtain the metal carbide based catalyst. The metal carbide particles are coated with the aluminosilicate zeolite and the ultrastable Y zeolite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignees: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Jorge Gascon, Tuiana B. Shoinkhorova, Alla Dikhtiarenko, Mohammed Alabdullah, Alberto Rodriguez Gomez, Jullian Vittenet, Isidoro Morales Osorio, Ola Ali, Wei Xu
  • Patent number: 12166153
    Abstract: A light-emitting device includes doped layer arranged on a substrate. The doped layer is n-doped or p-doped. A multiple quantum well is arranged on the doped layer and includes a plurality of adjacent pairs of quantum wells and quantum barriers. An electron blocking layer is arranged on the multiple quantum well. The doped layer, the electron blocking layer, the quantum wells, and all of the quantum barriers except for the last quantum barrier include a first III-nitride alloy. The last quantum barrier includes a second III-nitride alloy that is different from the first III-nitride alloy. The second III-nitride alloy has a bandgap larger than a bandgap of the last quantum well and smaller than a bandgap of the electron blocking layer. An interface between the last quantum barrier and the electron blocking layer exhibits a polarization difference between 0 and 0.012 C/m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiaohang Li, Zhiyuan Liu
  • Patent number: 12163957
    Abstract: Methods for detecting His-tagged proteins using metal ion-chelating nitrilotriacetate (NTA) probes and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes using a metal ion-loaded NTA probe coupled to a UV-excitable fluorophore with visible emission and the presence of His-tagged proteins in the sample is determined by exposing the gel following PAGE, to a UV-light source with naked human eye or bench camera visualization. The metal ion-loaded NTA-containing chelator head can be coupled to a fluorophore that is not UV-excitable (i.e., with the majority of emission and excitation in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum. The method includes separating proteins in a sample using PAGE, contacting the gel following electrophoresis with a composition containing a metal ion-loaded NTA probe coupled to the fluorophore, to allow binding of the probe to the His-tagged proteins, and detecting the presence of the probe and therefore of the His-tagged proteins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Vlad-Stefan Raducanu, Ioannis Isaioglou, Jasmeen S. Merzaban, Samir M. Hamdan
  • Publication number: 20240399293
    Abstract: Sulfur species may be processed using an ionic liquid, a deep eutectic solvent, or a combination of both. An example of a method of such processing may include: supplying a first reaction medium including an iodine species and a first catalyst, wherein the first catalyst includes a first deep eutectic solvent, a first ionic liquid, or a first mixture of both; contacting the reaction medium with a first sulfur species, wherein the first sulfur species includes hydrogen sulfide, a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon, or any combination thereof; and reacting the first sulfur species with the reaction medium to produce a second sulfur species, hydrogen iodide, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicants: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Adrian Cesar CAVAZOS SEPULVEDA, Mani SARATHY, Shashank Sakleshpur NAGARAJA, Manuel Monge PALACIOS
  • Publication number: 20240394447
    Abstract: Systems and methods for correcting NMR T2 times are disclosed. The method may include creating a plurality of 3D rough surface pore models, where each 3D rough surface pore model includes a rough surface, for each of the plurality determining a pore roughness coefficient (PRC) and a volume; and simulating a first T2 relaxation time based on the 3D rough surface pore model. The method may further include determining a smooth surface pore model, with the same volume as the 3D rough surface pore model, and simulating a second T2 relaxation time based on the smooth surface pore model. The method may still further includes determining a T2 rough surface correction factor based on the first and the second T2 relaxation times, and forming a data pair comprising the pore roughness coefficient (PRC) and the T2 rough surface correction factor; and fitting a T2 correction curve to the data pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicants: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Marwah M. Alsinan, Yiteng Li, Xupeng He, Hyung Tae Kwak, Hussein Hoteit
  • Patent number: 12152204
    Abstract: A composition of matter is provided comprising hierarchically ordered crystalline microporous material having well-defined long-range mesoporous ordering of cubic symmetry. The composition possesses mesopores having walls of crystalline microporous material and a mass of mesostructure between mesopores of crystalline microporous material. Long-range ordering is defined by presence of secondary peaks in an X-ray diffraction (XRD) pattern and/or cubic symmetry observable by microscopy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Rajesh Kumar Parsapur, Robert P. Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Kuo-Wei Huang, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari
  • Publication number: 20240384651
    Abstract: An electromagnetic (EM) inspection tool for inspecting a pipe that includes a longitudinally extending body having a first end, a second end, and a central longitudinal axis. The EM inspection tool further includes a transmitter disposed proximate the first end and configured to generate an alternating EM field at a first frequency. The EM inspection tool further includes a first far-field receiver plate disposed proximate the second end, wherein the first far-field receiver plate includes a first far-field receiver disposed at a first radial location and a second far-field receiver disposed at a second radial location. The EM inspection tool further includes a first near-field receiver plate disposed circumferentially around the transmitter, wherein the first near-field receiver plate includes a first near-field receiver disposed at the first radial location and a second near-field receiver disposed at the second radial location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicants: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
    Inventors: Guang An Ooi, Mohamed Larbi Zeghlache, Shehab Ahmed, Tarek Mostafa, Moutazbellah A. Khater, Hakan Bagci, Mehmet Burak Ozakin
  • Patent number: 12144614
    Abstract: N-type polymer based electrochemical devices include one or more source electrodes, one or more drain electrodes, one or more channels, a gate electrode, and an electrolyte solution are disclosed. The channels include one or more n-type polymers and one or more enzymes. The gate electrode includes one or more n-type polymers and one or more enzymes. The source and the drain electrodes are electrically connected by the corresponding channel. The electrolyte solution contains one or more metabolites capable of reacting with the one or more enzymes in the channel and the gate electrode and is in electrical contact with the channel and the gate electrode. Saturation current that flows through the channel increases when the metabolites react with the enzymes to produce electrons, which are directly transferred to the n-type polymers at the gate electrode and the channel. Methods of making and using the n-type electrochemical device are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Institut Mines Telecom, Imperial College London
    Inventors: Sahika Inal, Anna-Maria Pappa, Alexander Giovannitti
  • Patent number: 12146096
    Abstract: Lost circulation materials may include a plurality of self-aggregating particles having a degradable coating, wherein the self-aggregating particles are capable of bonding via mechanical interactions, electrical interactions, magnetic interactions, chemical interactions, or any combination thereof into a plurality of aggregated particles. The aggregated particles have a larger effective size and can seal large openings/apertures in the subsurface that cause lost circulation during a wellbore drilling operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Ahmed Amr Mohamed Hafez Abdelaziz, Qi Liu, Thomas Finkbeiner, Juan Carlos Santamarina, Mohammad Arfaj, Raed A. Alouhali, Timothy Eric Moellendick
  • Patent number: 12145854
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are amine functionalized zeolites and methods for making amine functionalized zeolites. In one or more embodiments disclosed herein, an amine functionalized zeolite may include a microporous framework including a plurality of micropores having diameters of less than or equal to 2 nm. The microporous framework may include at least silicon atoms and oxygen atoms. The amine functionalized zeolite may further include a plurality of mesopores having diameters of greater than 2 nm and less than or equal to 50 nm and one or more of isolated terminal primary amine functionalities bonded to silicon atoms of the microporous framework or silazane functionalities, where the nitrogen atom of the silazane bridges two silicon atoms of the microporous framework.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Robert Peter Hodgkins, Omer Refa Koseoglu, Jean-Marie Maurice Basset, Kuo-Wei Huang, Anissa Bendjeriou Sedjerari, Sathiyamoorthy Murugesan, Rajesh Parsapur
  • Patent number: 12138010
    Abstract: A physiological data acquisition system includes an array electrode sensor (220) having plural electrodes and configured to acquire physiological data; a single electrode sensor having a single electrode and configured to acquire additional physiological data; and a hub that is configured to receive the physiological data from the array electrode sensor and the additional physiological data from the single electrode sensor only along body communication channels. At least one of the array electrode sensor and the single electrode sensor is configured to send an energy request signal to the hub, along the body communication channels. The hub, in response to the received energy request signal, emits radio frequency signals, which are used by the at least one of the array electrode sensor and the single electrode sensor to harvest energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Abdulkadir Çelik, Ahmed M. Eltawil
  • Patent number: 12142702
    Abstract: An optoelectronic device includes a flexible substrate, a cerium oxide (CeO2) layer arranged on the flexible substrate, a single crystal ?-III-oxide layer arranged on the CeO2 layer, and a metallic contact layer arranged on the single crystal ?-III-oxide layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiao Tang, Xiaohang Li
  • Patent number: 12142837
    Abstract: An antenna-on-chip, AoC, system includes a substrate base, an artificial magnetic conductor, AMC, system with embedded guiding structures, EGS, the AMC system being located on the substrate base, and an antenna located onto the AMC system, where the EGS are electrically floating within the AMC system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yiyang Yu, Zubair Akhter, Atif Shamim
  • Patent number: 12140725
    Abstract: Techniques for determining reservoir formation properties include generating digital models of core samples taken from one or more reservoir formations based on corresponding images of the core samples; determining a pore throat size distribution of the core samples based on the generated digital models; determining corresponding capillary pressure curves and corresponding NMR value distributions of the core samples with one or more numerical simulations; generating one or more machine-learning (ML) models based on the pore throat size distribution, corresponding capillary pressure curves, and corresponding NMR value distributions of the core samples; adjusting the one or more ML models with one or more reservoir data of the one or more reservoir formations; generating adjusted capillary pressure curves and NMR value distributions from the one or more adjusted ML models; and determining a reservoir formation specific pore throat size distribution from at least one of the adjusted capillary pressure curves or
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Marwah Mufid AlSinan, Xupeng He, Hyung Tae Kwak, Hussein Hoteit, Yiteng Li
  • Patent number: 12116421
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to Dopa containing ultrashort peptides capable of forming a gel, to a gel comprising a peptide in accordance with the present disclosure, and to a glue comprising a peptide in accordance with the present disclosure. Such gel is adhesive and is biocompatible. The peptides are suitable for building 3D structures, 3D printing, gluing as well as other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Charlotte A. E. Hauser, Maria Hountondji, Manola Moretti, Panagiotis Bilalis
  • Patent number: 12109327
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to an osteo-tissue graft capable of promoting bone tissue growth and regeneration, comprising at least one self-assemble peptide and mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in accordance with the present invention and a method of preparing such an osteo-tissue graft. The grafts are suitable for treatment of bone disorder or damages through tissue engineering, cellular replacement therapies as well as other applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Charlotte A. E. Hauser, Salwa Alshehri, Hepi H. Susapto