US Patent Issued to KCI MASTER INDUSTRIES on July 22 for "Silica aerogel-containing polyester masterbatch, method for making the same and silica aerogel-containing polyester fiber made from the same" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,770, issued on July 22, was assigned to KCI MASTER INDUSTRIES CORP. (Tainin, Taiwan).

"Silica aerogel-containing polyester masterbatch, method for making the same and silica aerogel-containing polyester fiber made from the same" was invented by Yu-Shun Chen (Tainan, Taiwan), Hsiao-Chi Tsai (Tainan, Taiwan), Chun-Ping Cheng (Tainan, Taiwan), Chien-Ming Lin (Tainan, Taiwan) and Hsu-Yeh Huang (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A silica aerogel-containing polyester masterbatch includes a polyethylene terephthalate resin, a silica aerogel powder, and a dispersing agent. The silica aerogel powder is dispersed in the polyethylen...