US Patent Issued to CARDINAL CG on Nov. 18 for "Silica wet gel and aerogel" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,721, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CARDINAL CG COMPANY (Eden Prairie, Minn.).

"Silica wet gel and aerogel" was invented by Reaz Ahmed Chowdhury (Middleton, Wis.), Mohammad Arifuzzaman (Middleton, Wis.), Kellen Kitzman (Middleton, Wis.) and Kari B. Myli (Sauk City, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides silica wet gel, silica aerogel, and methods that can be used to form an enhanced silica aerogel sheet having fewer optical defects along with other desirable properties."

The patent was filed on March 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/181,368.

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