US Patent Issued to NDSU Research Foundation on July 14 for "Aerogel hybrid containing resin mixture, process for its production and use" (Iowa, North Dakota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,971, issued on July 14, was assigned to NDSU Research Foundation (Fargo, N.D.).

"Aerogel hybrid containing resin mixture, process for its production and use" was invented by Todd Sirotiak (Ames, Iowa), Dean C. Webster (Fargo, N.D.) and Samantha Silbert Uzelac (Fargo, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aerogel hybrid and a method for preparing the aerogel hybrid. The aerogel hybrid includes a resin composition and a plurality of aerogel particles. The resin composition may fill the interstitial space between the plurality of aerogel particles. The aerogel hybrid may be produced by preparing the aerogel and preparing the resin comp...