US Patent Issued to CORNING on July 15 for "Glass-ceramics based on lithium disilicate, zircon, and apatite" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,834, issued on July 15, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Glass-ceramics based on lithium disilicate, zircon, and apatite" was invented by Qiang Fu (Painted Post, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass-ceramic composition includes a first crystalline phase including lithium disilicate; and a second crystalline phase comprising at least one of: zircon, zirconia, apatite, or a combination thereof."

The patent was filed on Jan. 7, 2020, under Application No. 17/422,890.

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