Materials and manufacturing patents protect new substances and the methods to make them at scale — alloys, polymers, nanomaterials, and the fabrication and assembly processes behind them. Process patents in particular can be extraordinarily durable, because a better way to manufacture is hard to design around.
Materials & Manufacturing Patents
24 patents
US 4575330 · 1986 · UVP Inc
How 3D Printers Build Objects Layer by Layer from Liquid
US 3953566 · 1976 · WL Gore and Associates Inc
Making Strong, Porous PTFE: The Gore-Tex Process
US 5121329 · 1992 · Stratasys Inc
How Machines Build 3D Objects Layer by Layer from Melting Plastic
US 3691140 · 1972
Sticky, Tiny Plastic Balls Made from Acrylates
US 3819587 · 1974 · EI Du Pont de Nemours and Co
The Molecular Structure of Kevlar High-Strength Fiber
US 4166152 · 1979 · Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
The Sticky Microscopic Beads Behind Post-it Notes
US 4267420 · 1981 · General Mills Inc
How Microwave Crisping Sleeves Work
US 11905044 · 2024 · LGarde Inc
How Solar Sails Use Moving Vanes to Steer in Space
US 2130523 · 1938 · EI Du Pont de Nemours and Co
How Wallace Carothers Invented Nylon
US 3142599 · 1964 · Sealed Air Corp
How Bubble Wrap Is Manufactured
US 2717437 · 1955 · Velcro SA
How George de Mestral Invented Velcro
US 3671542 · 1972 · EI Du Pont de Nemours and Co
How Stephanie Kwolek Invented the Liquid Crystal Solution for Kevlar
US 11794927 · 2023 · Boeing Co
How Boeing 3D Prints Strong Lightweight Spacecraft Panels
US 12233456 · 2025
How to Improve 3D Printing Using Cold Spray Metal Deposition
US 2230654 · 1941 · KINETIC CHEMICALS Inc
The Discovery of Teflon
US 2682235 · 1954
Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome Building Design
US 2911759 · 1959 · Pilkington Brothers Ltd
How the Float Glass Process Makes Perfectly Flat Window Panes
US 2541851 · 1951 · General Electric Co
How to Make Silly Putty Using Silicone and Zinc
US 2929804 · 1960 · EI Du Pont de Nemours and Co
How Spandex Elastic Fibers Are Chemically Engineered
US 8496208 · 2013 · Alliant Techsystems Inc
How Spacecraft Use Layered Nets to Stop Orbital Debris
US 2768109 · 1956 · Eastman Kodak Co
How Super Glue Bonds Acidic Surfaces Like Wood
US 2820187 · 1958 · Parsons Corp
How Early Numerical Control Systems Automated Industrial Milling Machines
US RE45965 · 2016 · PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES LLC
How a Diverter Valve Switches Between Two Extruded Materials
US 12134567 · 2024 · Powdertech Co Ltd
How to Make Better Ferrite Powder for Industrial Use
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