ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,604, issued on April 8, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Manufacturing line, process, and sintered article" was invented by Michael Edward Badding (Campbell, N.Y.), William Joseph Bouton (Big Flats, N.Y.), Jacqueline Leslie Brown (Lindley, N.Y.), Timothy Joseph Curry (Orchard Park, N.Y.), Roman E Hurny (West Seneca, N.Y.), Lanrik Wayne Kester (Savona, N.Y.), Thomas Dale Ketcham (Horseheads, N.Y.), John Albert Olenick (Buffalo, N.Y.), Kathleen Ritter Olenick (Buffalo, N.Y.), Jeremy Paananen (Middleport, N.Y.), Thomas Silverblatt (Amherst, N.Y.), Dell Joseph St Julien (Watkins Glen, N.Y.), Viswanathan Venkateswaran (Williamsville, N.Y.) and Nathan Michael Zink (Painted...