Patents by Inventor Michelle L. Anderson

Michelle L. Anderson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Mesoporous composite gels an aerogels
    Patent number: 6492014
    Abstract: A composite gel or aerogel is formed by commingling a particulate guest (such as a colloidal or dispersed (i.e., non-colloidal) solid or a powder) with a sol which is either about to gel or in which gelation has just started. After addition of the particulate, the mixture is then permitted to gel into a solid, gelled composite with open pores. This solid, gelled composite is then dried in a manner that prevents the collapse of open pores within the solid, gelled composite in which the gel acts as a “nanoglue” that holds the particles together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Debra R. Rolison, Catherine A. Morris, Michelle L. Anderson, Karen E. Swider Lyons, Celia I. Merzbacher, Joseph V. Ryan, Veronica M. Cepak