US Patent Issued to The Florida International University Board of Trustees on Sept. 1 for "Ultra high temperature ceramics (UHTCs) ink with improved processability and dimensional control" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,004, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to The Florida International University Board of Trustees (Miami).

"Ultra high temperature ceramics (UHTCs) ink with improved processability and dimensional control" was invented by Varad Agarwal (Miami), Ambreen Nisar (Miami) and Tony Thomas (Miami).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compositions and methods are provided for generating ultra-high loaded, ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs) ink for extrusion three-dimensional (3D) printing with enhanced shrinkage control. The advanced formulations significantly enhance printability, densification, and microstructural control of complex UHTC compone...