US Patent Issued to NUtech Ventures on July 8 for "Systems for and methods for improving mechanical properties of ceramic material" (Nebraska Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,529, issued on July 8, was assigned to NUtech Ventures (Lincoln, Neb.).

"Systems for and methods for improving mechanical properties of ceramic material" was invented by Bai Cui (Lincoln, Neb.), Fei Wang (Lincoln, Neb.), Yongfeng Lu (Lincoln, Neb.) and Michael Nastasi (Lincoln, Neb.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems for and methods for improving mechanical properties of ceramic material are provided. The system comprises a heat source for heating the ceramic material to a temperature greater than a brittle-to-ductile transition temperature of the ceramic material; a probe for mounting the ceramic material and configured to extend...