ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,714, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SCHOTT AG (Mainz, Germany).
"Method for processing glass by alkaline etching" was invented by Andreas Ortner (Mainz, Germany), Fabian Wagner (Mainz, Germany), Markus Heiss-Chouquet (Mainz, Germany), Michael Drisch (Mainz, Germany), Vanessa Glasser (Mainz, Germany), Annika Horberg (Mainz, Germany) and Marisa Boles-Rehbogen (Mainz, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for processing glass is provided. The method includes the steps of providing a glass element and removing glass material from the glass element by etching with an alkaline etching medium in an organic solvent."
The paten...