ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,236, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Resonac Corp. (Tokyo).

"Coating liquid, composite material, and coating film" was invented by Hiroyuki Izumi (Tokyo), Satoshi Takayasu (Tokyo), Naoyoshi Sato (Tokyo), Ai Yokokura (Tokyo) and Tomohiko Kotake (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This coating liquid contains: aerogel particles; a water-soluble polymer having a hydrophobic group; a binder resin; and a liquid medium, wherein the water-soluble polymer comprises a cellulose based resin having an alkyl group having 6 to 26 carbon atoms. The coating liquid is capable of forming a coating film having a high filling rate of aerogel particl...