US Patent Issued to Kansas State University Research Foundation on April 14 for "Polymer-derived ceramic fibers and methods of preparing the same" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,676, issued on April 14, was assigned to Kansas State University Research Foundation (Manhattan, Kan.).

"Polymer-derived ceramic fibers and methods of preparing the same" was invented by Gurpreet Singh (Manhattan, Kan.) and Zhongkan Ren (Manhattan, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials are a desired solution for lightweight and high temperature applications. CMC materials can be reinforced with polymer-derived ceramic (PDC) fibers, which advantageously possess intrinsic thermal stability and high mechanical strength. Carbon-rich SiOC and SiOCN fibers were synthesized via hand-drawing and electr...