ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,525, issued on March 11, was assigned to NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS Co. LTD. (Shiga, Japan).
"Method for producing bonded body" was invented by Toru Shiragami (Shiga, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bonding step in a method of producing a bonded body includes a first bonding step of forming a sealing layer (4) by irradiating a sealing material (6) belonging to an inner group (IG) with a laser beam (L), and a second bonding step of forming a sealing layer (4) by irradiating a sealing material (6) belonging to an outer group (OG) with the laser beam (L) after the first bonding step."
The patent was filed on Sept. 24, 2021, under Ap...