##  [Patents](/past-issues/januaryfebruary-2017/patents) 

 

**Method of Securing Filter Elements**  
Erik P. Brown, Jeffery L. Haslam, Mark A. Mitchell  
[U.S. Patent 9,457,297 B2](http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=09457297&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3Fd%3DPALL%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526p%3D1%2526r%3D1%2526Sect1%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsrchnum.htm%2526s1%3D9,457,297.PN.%2526OS%3DPN%2F9,457,297%2526RS%3DPN%2F9,457,297&PageNum=&Rtype=&SectionNum=&idkey=NONE&Input=View+first+page)  
October 4, 2016

**Mechanically Robust, Electrically Conductive Ultralow-Density Carbon Nanotube–based Aerogels**  
Marcus A. Worsley, Sergei O. Kucheyev, Theodore F. Baumann, Joe H. Satcher, Jr.  
[U.S. Patent 9,460,865 B2](http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=09460865&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect1%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526d%3DPALL%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsrchnum.htm%2526r%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526s1%3D9460865.PN.%2526OS%3DPN%2F9460865%2526RS%3DPN%2F9460865&PageNum=&Rtype=&SectionNum=&idkey=NONE&Input=View+first+page)  
October 4, 2016

**Electrostatic Stabilizer for a Passive Magnetic Bearing System**  
Richard F. Post  
[U.S. Patent 9,464,670 B2](http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=09464670&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3FSect2%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526p%3D1%2526u%3D%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html%2526r%3D1%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526d%3DPALL%2526S1%3D9464670.PN.%2526OS%3DPN%2F9464670%2526RS%3DPN%2F9464670&PageNum=&Rtype=&SectionNum=&idkey=NONE&Input=View+first+page)  
October 11, 2016

**Resistively Heated Shape Memory Polymer Device**  
John E. Marion, III, Jane P. Bearinger, Thomas S. Wilson, Duncan J. Maitland  
[U.S. Patent 9,476,412 B2](http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=09476412&homeurl=http%3A%2F%2Fpatft.uspto.gov%2Fnetacgi%2Fnph-Parser%3Fd%3DPALL%2526f%3DG%2526l%3D50%2526p%3D1%2526r%3D1%2526Sect1%3DPTO1%2526Sect2%3DHITOFF%2526u%3D%25252Fnetahtml%25252FPTO%25252Fsrchnum.htm%2526s1%3D9,476,412.PN.%2526OS%3DPN%2F9,476,412%2526RS%3DPN%2F9,476,412&PageNum=&Rtype=&SectionNum=&idkey=NONE&Input=View+first+page)  
October 25, 2016