US Patent Issued to Evonik Operations on Feb. 17 for "Silica-based hydrophobic granular material with an increased polarity" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,945, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Evonik Operations GmbH (Essen, Germany).

"Silica-based hydrophobic granular material with an increased polarity" was invented by Bjorn Lazar (Hasselroth, Germany), Alexander Lygin (Griesheim, Germany), Ulrich Boes (Frankfurt a.M., Germany), Bettina Gerharz-Kalte (Hunfelden, Germany), Remi Briand (Leawood, Kan.) and Maria Nargiello (Piscataway, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Silica-based hydrophobic granular material with an increased polarity Silica-based granular material, comprising silica and at least one IR-opacifier, hydrophobized with a surface treatment agent comprising a silicon at...