ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,164, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Storage mediums and methods of making the same" was invented by Timothy James Orsley (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage medium includes a base substrate, a first metallic layer, a first border region, and a first cover substrate. The base substrate includes a first side and a second side. The first side and the second side oppose one another. The first metallic layer defines a first pattern. The first metallic layer directly abuts the first side of the base substrate. The first border region extends about the first pattern. The first cove...