US Patent Issued to Aspen Aerogels on Sept. 9 for "Fire-class reinforced aerogel compositions" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,428, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Aspen Aerogels Inc. (Northborough, Mass.).

"Fire-class reinforced aerogel compositions" was invented by David Mihalcik (Northborough, Mass.), Kathryn deKrafft (Hudson, Mass.), Nicholas Anthony Zafiropoulos (Wayland, Mass.), Owen Evans (Chelmsford, Mass.), George Gould (Mendon, Mass.) and Wibke Lolsberg (Northborough, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The current disclosure provides reinforced aerogel compositions that are durable and easy to handle, have favorable performance in aqueous environments, have favorable insulation properties, and have favorable, reaction to fire, combustion and ...