ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,755, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Rowan University (Glassboro, N.J.) and The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington).
"Network toughening of additively manufactured, high glass transition temperature materials via sequentially cured, interpenetrating polymers" was invented by Alexander W. Bassett (Mullica Hill, N.J.), Joseph F. Stanzione III (Wilmington, Del.) and John J. La Scala (Wilmington, Del.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Resins and formulations of individual monomers bearing both vinyl ester and epoxy functionality were either synthesized or formulated such that vinyl ester comp...