US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Dec. 16 for "Surface-modified glass, electronic component, and method for forming silicate film" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,326, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Surface-modified glass, electronic component, and method for forming silicate film" was invented by Noriyuki Ookawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yoshiyuki Nomura (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Tomohiko Mori (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface-modified glass that includes glass containing at least one multivalent metal ion; and a silicate film on a surface of the glass, the silicate film containing a multivalent metal ion in common with that of the glass."

The patent was filed on Oct. 7, 2021, under Application No. 17/496,373.

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