US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security on Feb. 10 for "Curable polymer resins for 3D-printable hierarchical nanoporous foams and aerogels" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,766, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Curable polymer resins for 3D-printable hierarchical nanoporous foams and aerogels" was invented by Siwei Liang (Dublin, Calif.), Theodore F. Baumann (Discovery Bay, Calif.), Juergen Biener (San Leandro, Calif.), Monika M. Biener (San Leandro, Calif.), Bryan D. Moran (Pleasanton, Calif.), James Oakdale (Castro Valley, Calif.) and Jianchao Ye (Tracy, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a mixture includes a polyfunctional monomer having at least one functional group amenable to polymerization, a porogen, and a pol...