ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,756, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Curved glass articles including a bumper piece configured to relocate bending moment from display region and method of manufacturing same" was invented by Steven Roy Burdette (Big Flats, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of a curved glass article are disclosed. The article includes a glass sheet having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface. The second major surface defines a first curvature of the glass sheet. The article also includes a display bonded to the second major surface of the glass sheet using...