US Patent Issued to Aspen Aerogels on Sept. 15 for "Heat resistant aerogel materials" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,554, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Aspen Aerogels Inc. (Northborough, Mass.).

"Heat resistant aerogel materials" was invented by Owen R. Evans (Northborough, Mass.), Kathryn E. deKrafft (Northborough, Mass.), Nicholas A. Zafiropoulos (Northborough, Mass.), Wenting Dong (Northborough, Mass.), David J. Mihalcik (Northborough, Mass.), George L. Gould (Northborough, Mass.) and Irene Melnikova (Northborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an aerogel composition which is durable and easy to handle, which has favorable performance in aqueous environments, and which also has favorable combustion a...