US Patent Issued to Shin-Etsu Quartz Products, Heraeus Quarzglas on April 29 for "Titanium-containing quartz glass having excellent UV absorption, and method for producing same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,374, issued on April 29, was assigned to Shin-Etsu Quartz Products Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and Heraeus Quarzglas GmbH & Co. KG (Hanau, Germany).

"Titanium-containing quartz glass having excellent UV absorption, and method for producing same" was invented by Atsushi Shimada (Koriyama, Japan), Katsuhide Orikasa (Koriyama, Japan), Makoto Tanaka (Koriyama, Japan), Tomoichi Kumata (Koriyama, Japan) and Hiromi Tarukawa (Koriyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a titanium-containing quartz glass having excellent UV absorption. The quartz glass absorbs ultraviolet rays having a wavelength of 250 nm or less, ozone generation-related...