ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,667, issued on April 15, was assigned to EUROKERA S.N.C. (Chateau Thierry, France).
"Glass-ceramic article" was invented by Nicolas Roux (Chateau-Thierry, France), Caroline Faillat (Belleau, France), Amelie Bontemps (Mezy-Moulins, France) and Thibault Guedon (Paris).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a glass-ceramic article comprising at least one substrate, such as a plate, made of glass-ceramic, said substrate being coated in at least one area with at least one enamel coating such that: 1) the enamel has a gloss at 60deg of less than 40, 2) the coverage rate of said enamel in said area coated with said co...