ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,620, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Batch mixtures containing pre-reacted inorganic particles and methods of manufacture of ceramic bodies therefrom" was invented by Huthavahana Sarma Kuchibhotla (Milpitas, Calif.), Christophe Michel Remy (Canandaigua, N.Y.), Patrick David Tepesch (Corning, N.Y.) and Elizabeth Marie Vileno (Corning, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A batch mixture comprising pre-reacted pseudobrookite particles consisting essentially of aluminum titanate and magnesium dititanate, a reactive alumina source, a reactive titania source, and a reactive silica source. Other batch mixtu...