ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,030, issued on June 3, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Asymmetrical glass laminates having composite interlayer and related methods" 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: "Various embodiments for a laminate glass article and related methods are provided. The laminated glass article includes a first and second glass layers with an interlayer positioned therebetween, comprising: a polymer core layer comprising a high modulus polymer (e.g. polyethylene terephthalate, polycarbonate, polyacrylat...