US Patent Issued to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderund der angewandten Forschung, Technische Universitat Berlin on July 15 for "Method of joining glass elements with material continuity, glass component, and housing, and vacuum insulating glass panel comprising the glass component" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,826, issued on July 15, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderund der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich) and Technische Universitat Berlin (Berlin).

"Method of joining glass elements with material continuity, glass component, and housing, and vacuum insulating glass panel comprising the glass component" was invented by Philipp Wachholz (Berlin), Norbert Arndt-Staufenbiel (Berlin), Michael Topper (Berlin) and Julian Schwietering (Berlin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of joining glass elements with material continuity, to a glass component, to a housing, and to a vacuum insulating panel. The method includes (A) pr...