US Patent Issued to CORNING on Aug. 5 for "Precursor glasses and glass-ceramics comprising a crystalline phase having a jeffbenite crystalline structure" (New York, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,149, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Precursor glasses and glass-ceramics comprising a crystalline phase having a jeffbenite crystalline structure" was invented by George Halsey Beall (Big Flats, N.Y.), John Philip Finkeldey (Elkland, Pa.) and Charlene Marie Smith (Corning, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is glass-ceramic and glass-ceramic articles including a crystalline phase comprising a jeffbenite crystalline structure, glass that may be cerammed to become such, and methods of making and using the same."

The patent was filed on Aug. 5, 2024, under Application No. 18/794,547. ...