US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Aug. 4 for "Coaxial cellulose-based aerogel fibers" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,575, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Coaxial cellulose-based aerogel fibers" was invented by You-Lo Hsieh (Davis, Calif.) and Jian Zhou (Davis, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a coaxial fiber comprising a cellulose fiber exterior, and a hollow interior, wherein the aerogel occupies the hollow interior of the cellulose fiber. The present disclosure also provides a method of making the coaxial fiber, and a method of maintain a temperature differential in two zones using the coaxial fibers described herein."

The patent was filed on No...