ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,119, issued on May 13, was assigned to SHIN-ETSU CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Method for producing transparent ceramics" was invented by Keita Tanaka (Annaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method produces transparent ceramics having high transmittance and no bubble defects with uniform insertion loss over the entire inner surface thereof. The method comprising the steps of: obtaining a candidate composition containing a binder, optionally a dispersant, and optionally a plasticizer; dissolving the candidate composition in a solvent, then reducing a contained solvent volume to 0.1% by mass or less, and measuring a glass transit...