ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,555, issued on July 1, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Textured glass articles and methods of making same" was invented by Robert Randall Hancock Jr. (Corning, N.Y.), Yuhui Jin (Painted Post, N.Y.) and Aize Li (Painted Post, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A textured glass article includes: a body comprising an aluminosilicate glass comprising greater than or equal to 16 wt % Al2O3 and a Al2O3/SiO2 ratio less than or equal to 0.3, the body having at least a first surface; a plurality of polyhedral surface features extending from the first surface, each of the plurality of polyhedral surface features comprising a bas...