US Patent Issued to EUROKERA S.N.C. on June 24 for "Glass-ceramic article" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,166, issued on June 24, was assigned to EUROKERA S.N.C. (Chateau Thierry, France).

"Glass-ceramic article" was invented by Romain Viandier (La Ferte sous Jouarre, France), Erwann Luais (Chateau Thierry, France) and Pablo Vilato (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Article, especially a cooktop or furniture element, containing at least one substrate, such as a plate, made of glass-ceramic, the substrate being coated in at least one zone with paint containing at least: 1) a silicone resin having methyl and phenyl groups, 2) one or more lamellar inorganic fillers with a thickness of less than 2 micro metre and with lateral dimensions, ...