US Patent Issued to CORNING on June 3 for "Salt bath compositions, salt bath systems, and processes for strengthening glass articles" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,612, issued on June 3, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Salt bath compositions, salt bath systems, and processes for strengthening glass articles" was invented by John Steele Abbott Jr. (Horseheads, N.Y.), Tonia Havewala Fletcher (Big Flats, N.Y.), Sinue Gomez-Mower (Corning, N.Y.), Kenneth Edward Hrdina (Horseheads, N.Y.) and Daniel Arthur Sternquist (Horseheads, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein are directed to compositions, systems, and processes for strengthening glass articles, which also minimize the concentration of decomposition products in the molten salt baths used in ion exchange...