ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,369, issued on July 29, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Glass with modified surface regions on opposing sides and methods and apparatuses for forming the same via electro-thermal poling" was invented by Timothy Evan Dimond (Corning, N.Y.), Christopher William Drewnowski (Corning, N.Y.), Charles Thomas McLaren (Elmira, N.Y.), Mardochee Reveil (Alexandria, Va.), Nicholas James Smith (Port Matilda, Pa.), Nicholas Ryan Wheeler (Corning, N.Y.) and Thomas Michael Zajicek (Big Flats, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass substrate according to one or more embodiments is disclosed. The glass substrate includes an alkali-...