US Patent Issued to VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY on Aug. 4 for "Fire-resistant, fire retardant and/or thermal insulation" (Virginia, Maryland, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,373, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY (Richmond, Va.).

"Fire-resistant, fire retardant and/or thermal insulation" was invented by Massimo Bertino (Glen Allen, Va.), Tristan Moon (Richmond, Va.), Dustin Clifford (Richmond, Va.), Jonathan Ko (West Bethesda, Md.) and Gordon Waller (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An open cell foam, and particularly aerogels or other foams, having an inorganic, hydraded phase change material (PCM) embedded within pores or cells or a network within the foam have fire retardant, fire resistant and thermal insulating properties. These composite materials are prefer...