ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,310, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SWG CONSULTING LLC (Las Vegas).

"Vacuum sealing a sacrificial glass panel to a structural glass panel" was invented by Manuel Mojica (Las Vegas) and Micah Jones (Kingman, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of vacuum sealing a sacrificial panel to a structural panel, such as to form a walkway, is disclosed. The method comprises providing a sacrificial panel having a first side and a second, opposing side, providing a plurality of dots, applying the plurality of dots in a spaced relationship onto the first side of the sacrificial panel, applying a double-sided tape about the periphery ...