ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,316, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Foldable apparatus, foldable substrate, and methods of making" was invented by Shinu Baby (Painted Post, N.Y.), Naigeng Chen (San Jose, Calif.), Timothy Michael Gross (Painted Post, N.Y.), Jason Thomas Harris (Horseheads, N.Y.), Dhananjay Joshi (Painted Post, N.Y.), Yousef Kayed Qaroush (Painted Post, N.Y.), Arlin Lee Weikel (Mansfield, Pa.) and Tingge Xu (Painted Post, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Foldable apparatus comprise a foldable substrate foldable about an axis and a substrate thickness defined between a first major surface and a second major surfac...