US Patent Issued to University of Massachusetts on March 31 for "Method of making a porous structure and porous structure made thereby" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,206, issued on March 31, was assigned to University of Massachusetts (Boston).

"Method of making a porous structure and porous structure made thereby" was invented by Reika Katsumata (Worcester, Mass.), Todd Emrick (South Deerfield, Mass.) and James Nicolas Matias Pagaduan (Amherst, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a porous structure is described herein. The method includes combining a hard material comprising a carbonaceous material, an inorganic material, or a combination thereof, with a polymer blend to provide a mixture; and heating the mixture to a temperature effective to template the hard material, degr...