ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,184, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Foldable apparatus, ribbons, and methods of making" was invented by Naigeng Chen (San Jose, Calif.), Matthew Wade Fenton (Elmira, N.Y.), Timothy Michael Gross (Painted Post, N.Y.), Yuhui Jin (Painted Post, N.Y.), Dhananjay Joshi (Painted Post, N.Y.), Kuan-Ting Kuo (Chubei, Taiwan) and Yousef Kayed Qaroush (Painted Post, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Foldable apparatus can comprise a foldable substrate comprising a substrate thickness and a central portion positioned between a first portion and a second portion. The central portion can comprise a central th...