US Patent Issued to AGC GLASS EUROPE on Feb. 25 for "Glass sheet with high near-IR transmission and very low visible transmission" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,180, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to AGC GLASS EUROPE (Louvain-la-neuve, Belgium).

"Glass sheet with high near-IR transmission and very low visible transmission" was invented by Michel Bogaerts (Braine-le-Chateau, Belgium), Yannick Sartenaer (Vedrin, Belgium) and Francois Boland (Gembloux, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A silicate-type glass sheet that includes 0.002-1.1% total iron (expressed as Fe2O3), greater than or equal to 0.005% manganese (expressed as MnO), and optionally 0-1.3% chromium (expressed as Cr2O3). The sum of the contents of total iron, manganese, and chromium, expressed as weight percentages are greater...