US Patent Issued to AEROBEL on Nov. 3 for "Vertically integrated manufacturing of silica aerogels from various silica sources" (American, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,670, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to AEROBEL BV (Bilzen, Belgium).

"Vertically integrated manufacturing of silica aerogels from various silica sources" was invented by Steve De Pooter (Heist-op-den-Berg, Belgium), Stephen A. Steiner III (Milwaukee) and Justin S. Griffin (Watertown, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Silica aerogels, and associated methods of manufacture, are generally described. The present invention generally describes vertically integrated manufacturing of silica aerogels from various silica sources."

The patent was filed on Dec. 1, 2021, under Application No. 18/039,657.

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