ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,365, issued on July 29, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).
"Glass compositions with high central tension capability" was invented by Xiaoju Guo (Pittsford, N.Y.), Peter Joseph Lezzi (Corning, N.Y.) and Jian Luo (Painted Post, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass composition is provided that is capable of being ion exchanged to produce high central tension values. The glass composition includes SiO2, Li2O, and CaO. Glass-based articles formed by ion-exchanging glass-based substrates formed from the glass composition are also provided. The glass-based articles are characterized by a maximum central tension of greater ...