US Patent Issued to Dow Silicones on Sept. 23 for "Aerogel polysiloxane layer laminate structure" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,534, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Dow Silicones Corp. (Midland, Mich.).

"Aerogel polysiloxane layer laminate structure" was invented by Bizhong Zhu (Midland, Mich.), Chi-Hao Chang (Midland, Mich.), Kaila Mattson (Midland, Mich.), Craig Gross (Midland, Mich.), Joseph Sootsman (Auburn, Mich.) and Greg Becker (Auburn, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article includes a laminate material with an aerogel layer and a polysiloxane layer distinct from the aerogel layer and in contact with the aerogel layer either directly or through an adhesive that is in direct contact with both the aerogel layer and the polysiloxane layer; w...