US Patent Issued to Aspen Aerogels on Feb. 24 for "Polyimide bead materials and methods of manufacture thereof" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,376, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Aspen Aerogels Inc. (Northborough, Mass.).

"Polyimide bead materials and methods of manufacture thereof" was invented by Nicholas A. Zafiropoulos (Northborough, Mass.), Roxana Trifu (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Redouane Begag (Hudson, Mass.), Harris R. Miller (Sharon, Mass.), Wendell E. Rhine (Belmont, Mass.), Nicholas Leventis (Worcester, Mass.), George L. Gould (Mendon, Mass.) and Alexei A. Erchak (Easton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nanoporous carbon-based scaffolds or structures, and specifically carbon aerogels and their manufacture and use thereof are provided. Embodiments include a sili...