ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,798, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Laminated panes and windows formed therewith" was invented by James Gregory Couillard (Ithaca, N.Y.), Michael Aaron McDonald (Painted Post, N.Y.) and Paul George Rickerl (Endicott, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminated pane for a window includes (1) a first sheet having a first thickness and a first coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE), (2) a second sheet of an inorganic glass having a second thickness and a second CTE, and (3) a polymer interlayer adhered between the first sheet and the second sheet including a layer of a first polymer material having...