ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,479, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Gold containing silicate glass" was invented by Xiaoju Guo (Pittsford, N.Y.), Lina Ma (Corning, N.Y.) and Liping Xiong Smith (Painted Post, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass composition includes greater than or equal to 60 mol % and less than or equal to 85 mol % SiO2; greater than or equal to 0.5 mol % and less than or equal to 20 mol % Al2O3; greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 15 mol % Li2O; greater than or equal to 0.5 mol % and less than or equal to 25 mol % Na2O; greater than or equal to 0.1 mol % and less than or equal to 20...