US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Jan. 13 for "Fabrication of resin objects using focused ultrasound waves" (Wisconsin, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,947, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Fabrication of resin objects using focused ultrasound waves" was invented by Andrew Jackson Boydston (Middleton, Wis.), Jianxun Cui (Worcester, Mass.) and Chang-Uk Lee (Verona, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for fabricating a resin object are provided. In embodiments. such a method comprises irradiating a curable composite with a focal spot of a focused ultrasound beam. the curable composite comprising a porous material having a solid matrix defining pores distributed throughout the solid matrix and a curable composition compri...