US Patent Issued to ADVANCED FUEL RESEARCH on Oct. 21 for "Polymer-monolith pre-oxidation to improve shape retention during subsequent heat treatment, and monolith produced" (Connecticut, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,459, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to ADVANCED FUEL RESEARCH INC..

"Polymer-monolith pre-oxidation to improve shape retention during subsequent heat treatment, and monolith produced" was invented by Joseph E. Cosgrove (Columbia, Conn.), Michael A. Serio (Sturbridge, Mass.), Marek A. Wojtowicz (Manchester, Conn.) and Andrew E. Carlson (Higganum, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "High purity carbon sorbent monoliths, particularly effective for the removal of trace-contaminants such as ammonia, formaldehyde, and methyl mercaptan from a gas flow, are fabricated by 3D-printing polymer monoliths, pre-oxidizing them in a flow of air at...