US Patent Issued to SGD on Nov. 25 for "Method for dealkalisation of borosilicate glass containers by liquid means" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,762, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SGD S.A. (Puteaux, France).

"Method for dealkalisation of borosilicate glass containers by liquid means" was invented by Pierre-Luc Etchepare (Rouen, France), Christophe Depoilly (Aigneville, France) and Jingwei Zhang (Massy, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for dealkalisation of the inside surface (5) of the wall (2) of a glass container (1), which wall (2) defines a cavity (3) and an opening (4) providing access to the cavity (3), the method comprising a step of providing a container made of borosilicate glass, wherein the inside surface of the wall is a...