ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,229, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to AGC INC. (Tokyo).

"Reinforced glass container, method for producing pharmaceutical container, and method for producing reinforced glass container" was invented by Tatsuya Terada (Tokyo), Mai Nishi (Tokyo) and Tomoya Hosoda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a reinforced glass container which has impact resistance and which can be used for treatment involving exposure to high temperatures or ultraviolet irradiation.The reinforced glass container of the present invention comprises a glass container and a polymer layer provided on the outer surface of the glass container and having a...