US Patent Issued to CORNING on May 13 for "Glass, glass-ceramic and ceramic articles with graded protective coatings having hardness and strength" (New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,139, issued on May 13, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Glass, glass-ceramic and ceramic articles with graded protective coatings having hardness and strength" was invented by Kaveh Adib (Corning, N.Y.), Guangli Hu (Summit, N.J.), William Joseph Hurley (Corning, N.Y.), Dana Ianson (Westfield, Pa.), Lin Lin (Painted Post, N.Y.), Santona Pal (Corning, N.Y.) and James Joseph Price (Corning, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article is described herein that includes: a substrate having a glass, glass-ceramic or a ceramic composition and comprising a primary surface; and a protective film disposed on the primary surface...