ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,674, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to ARMACELL ENTERPRISE GMBH & Co. KG (Schonefeld, Germany).

"Fiber-reinforced double-network aerogel composite articles and methods of manufacture" was invented by Yuxi Yu (Nantong, China) and Zhicheng Zheng (Munster, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are fiber-reinforced double-network aerogel composite articles and methods of manufacture. The composite articles comprise primary aerogel network domains and secondary aerogel network domains, which differ from each other in their chemical compositions, but are covalently interconnected."

The patent was filed on Dec. 20, 2024,...