US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES on June 17 for "Glass furnace provided with optical fibers" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,995, issued on June 17, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN CENTRE DE RECHERCHES (Courbevoie, France).

"Glass furnace provided with optical fibers" was invented by Mickael Boinet (Cavaillon, France), Isabelle Cabodi (Cavaillon, France), Olivier Citti (Cavaillon, France), Vincent Gleize (Avignon, France) and Jean-Gael Vuillermet (Cavaillon, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass furnace including a refractory portion defining a hot face in contact or intended to be in contact with molten glass or with a gaseous environment in contact with molten glass, and a cold face at a distance from the hot face, and a temperature measurement devi...