ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,140, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to GLASSOMER GMBH (Freiburg, Germany).
"Fabrication and thermal shaping of transparent glass" was invented by Bastian Rapp (Freiburg, Germany) and Frederik Kotz-Helmer (March, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a transparent glass article is provided. The manufacturing method includes the following steps (a) to (f): in step (a), a nanocomposite is provided; in step (b), the nanocomposite is subjected to an external stimulus in order to render it remoldable; in step (c), the nanocomposite is remolded into a predetermined shape in order to obtain a primary structure; in s...