US Patent Issued to UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University on Nov. 4 for "Hydrophobic aerogel and method for manufacturing the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,825, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University (Seoul, South Korea).

"Hydrophobic aerogel and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Hyung Ho Park (Seoul, South Korea), Young Hun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Ji Hun Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Sang Hyun Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an aerogel and a method for manufacturing the same, in which the size of the particles can be prepared to be very small and uniform because aerogel particles can be formed in the emulsion, and through this, the size of the pore...