ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,779, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Schott AG (Mainz, Germany).
"Hermetically sealed glass package" was invented by Jens Ulrich Thomas (Mainz, Germany), Thorsten Damm (Eltville am Rhein, Germany) and Thomas Zetterer (Landshut, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A package for encapsulating a functional area against an environment includes a base substrate and a cover substrate, the base substrate together with the cover substrate defining at least part of the package or defining the package, and furthermore including the at least one functional area provided in the package, and a blocking way for reducing permeation between th...