US Patent Issued to Guardian Glass on Aug. 5 for "Techniques for laser ablation/scribing of coatings in pre- and post-assembled insulated glass units, and/or associated methods" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,496, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Guardian Glass LLC.

"Techniques for laser ablation/scribing of coatings in pre- and post-assembled insulated glass units, and/or associated methods" was invented by Vijayen S. Veerasamy (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Robert A. Vandal (Syracuse, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to techniques for laser ablating/scribing peripheral edges of a coating (e.g., a low-emissivity, mirror, or other coating) on a glass or other substrate in a pre- or post-laminated assembly, pre- or post-assembled insulated glass unit, and/or other product, in order to slow or...