ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,754, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to AGC Inc. (Tokyo).
"Alkali-free glass and glass plate" was invented by Yusaku Matsuo (Tokyo) and Kazutaka Ono (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alkali-free glass includes, as represented by mole percentage based on oxides, SiO2: 57 to 70%, Al2O3: 5 to 15%, B2O3: 15 to 24%, MgO: 0.2 to 10%, CaO: 0.1 to 7%, SrO: 0.1 to 2.5%, BaO: 0 to 10%, and ZnO: 0 to 0.1%, or includes, as represented by mole percentage based on oxides, SiO2: 57 to 70%, Al2O3: 5 to 15%, B2O3: 15 to 24%, MgO: 0.1 to 10%, CaO: 0.1 to 10%, SrO: 0.1 to 10%, BaO: 0.1 to 10%, and ZnO: 0 to 0.1%. Formula (A) is [Al2O3]/[B2O3], a...