ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,779, issued on March 4, was assigned to AGC Inc. (Tokyo).

"Crystallized glass of three-dimensional shape, chemically strengthened glass of three-dimensional shape, and method for producing crystallized glass of three-dimensional shape and chemically strengthened glass of three-dimensional shape" was invented by Qing Li (Tokyo), Kenji Imakita (Tokyo), Akio Koike (Tokyo) and Eriko Maeda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides crystallized glass of three-dimensional shape for easily producing chemically strengthened glass of three-dimensional shape that resists damage and has exceptional transparency. This c...