Patents Examined by David Sample
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Patent number: 12377637Abstract: A cover window, a display device, and a cover window manufacturing method are provided. The cover window includes a window substrate; a stress control layer on the window substrate and including a ceramic; and a hard coating layer on the stress control layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yong Kyu Kang, Hyun Seung Seo
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Patent number: 12371367Abstract: A glass-ceramic article comprises silica, lithia, phosphorus pentoxide, and zirconia in amounts that, when heat treated, provide a glass-ceramic including a lithium disilicate (L2Si2O5) crystalline phase. The glass-ceramic may have high fracture toughness, transparency, hardness, and may be strengthen via ion-exchange.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2024Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: George Halsey Beall, Qiang Fu, Charlene Marie Smith
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Patent number: 12365618Abstract: Embodiments of glass compositions, glass articles and chemically strengthened glass articles are disclosed. In one or more embodiments, the glass composition comprises Li2O, greater than about 0.9 mol % B2O3, Al2O3 in an amount greater than or equal to 10 mol %, and from about 60 mol % to about 80 mol % SiO2. Embodiments of the chemically strengthened glass article include a first major surface and an opposing second major surface defining a thickness t, a compressive stress layer extending from the first major surface to a depth of compression greater than about 0.12 t, a maximum compressive stress of about 200 MPa or greater, and a Knoop Lateral Cracking Scratch Threshold greater than about 6 N, as measured on either one of the first major surface and the second major surface. Methods for forming such chemically strengthened glass articles are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Charlene Marie Smith
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Patent number: 12365620Abstract: A glass sheet having asymmetric chemical strengthening is disclosed and described. The examples described herein are directed to a cover glass for an electronic device and other glass components that may be used as enclosure elements or may form an enclosure. Within the glass component, localized compressive stress regions may be formed on opposite sides of the glass component, which may help arrest or redirect propagating cracks or defects in the glass. The opposing compressive stress regions may also help maintain the overall flatness of the component while increasing strength and/or impact resistance of the component.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2023Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: James R. Wilson, Christopher D. Jones, Christopher C. Bartlow, Aidan R. Doan
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Patent number: 12359586Abstract: A coated article (20;60) includes a substrate (22) and a coating (24;62) on the substrate. The coating includes at least a first layer (30). The first layer has: a matrix (50); and a filler (52) at 2.0% to 40% by volume in the first layer. The first layer is selected from alkaline earth or transition metal (M) tungstates (MWO4); alkaline earth molybdates (MMoO4); rare earth (RE) phosphates (REPO4); and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: RTX CorporationInventors: William J. Joost, Kara J. Bridges, Christopher W. Strock, Imelda P. Smyth, Richard Wesley Jackson
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Patent number: 12350904Abstract: An article comprises a first plate, a second plate and a cured adhesive layer. The first plate is made of a first chemically-strengthened glass-based material. The first plate comprises: a first major surface opposing a second major surface and a thickness equal to or greater than 0.4 mm and less than or equal to 3.0 mm. The second plate is made of a second chemically-strengthened transparent glass-based material. The second plate comprises: a first major surface opposing a second major surface and a thickness equal to or greater than 0.4 mm and less than or equal to 3.0 mm. The cured adhesive layer adheres a portion of the first major surface of the plate to the second major surface of the second plate. The second plate has an area equal to or less than 25% of the area of the first plate.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: July 8, 2025Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Hamidreza Pirayesh, Kevin Barry Reiman, Ljerka Ukrainczyk
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Patent number: 12338159Abstract: A strengthened cover glass or glass-ceramic sheet or article as well as processes and systems for making the strengthened glass or glass-ceramic sheet or article is provided for use in consumer electronic devices. The process comprises cooling the cover glass sheet by non-contact thermal conduction for sufficiently long to fix a surface compression and central tension of the sheet. The process results in thermally strengthened cover glass sheets for use in or on consumer electronic products.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2024Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Peter Joseph Lezzi, Richard Orr Maschmeyer, John Christopher Thomas, Kevin Lee Wasson
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Patent number: 12340916Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to materials, processes, generators, and/or systems, for generating radioisotope. The present disclosure also generally relates to ceramic materials comprising radioisotope suitable for use in a radioisotope generator. The present disclosure also generally relates to processes, generators and/or systems, for producing and capturing radioisotope. The present disclosure also generally relates to the preparation of radioisotope solutions for use in radiopharmacy and/or other clinical applications.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2024Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: AdvanCell Isotopes Pty LimitedInventor: Julian Frederick Kelly
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Patent number: 12330983Abstract: An article of fire rated glass and method of producing the same prepared by selecting a sheet of clear float annealed glass of at least 19 millimeters in thickness and providing the edge of the sheet substantially free of imperfections. The glass sheet is then specially tempered at a temperature of at least 575 degrees Celsius for a period of at least 750 seconds, followed by a cooling step.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2023Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: O'KEEFFE'S, INC.Inventors: William F O'Keeffe, Sean A Ross
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Patent number: 12325212Abstract: A window assembly and method of forming a window assembly that is constructed to maintain separation of the environments separated by the window assembly when the window assembly is subjected to impacts and cooperate with the structure of associated with defining the window opening without detracting the operability of the window assembly relative to openings defined by the structure of third party original equipment manufacturers structures.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: TruArmor a division of Clear-Armor, LLCInventors: David Anthony Trudeau, Alex Trudeau
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Patent number: 12315721Abstract: An engineered substrate structure includes a ceramic substrate having a front surface characterized by a plurality of voids, and a barrier layer encapsulating the ceramic substrate. The barrier layer defining a plurality of valleys corresponding to the plurality of voids. The engineered substrate structure further includes a first bonding layer comprising a bonding layer material and coupled to the barrier layer on the front surface of the ceramic substrate. The first bonding layer defines a plurality of fill regions filled with the bonding layer material in the plurality of valleys corresponding to the plurality of voids. The engineered substrate structure further includes a second bonding layer coupled to the first bonding layer, and a substantially single crystalline layer joined to the second bonding layer.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: QROMIS, Inc.Inventors: Vladimir Odnoblyudov, Cem Basceri, Shari Farrens
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Patent number: 12298474Abstract: A coated article includes a substrate and a coating applied over at least a portion of the substrate. The coating includes: a first dielectric layer over at least a portion of the substrate; a first metallic layer over at least a portion of the first dielectric layer; a first primer layer over at least a portion of the first metallic layer; a second dielectric layer over at least a portion of the first primer layer; a second metallic layer over at least a portion of the second dielectric layer; a second primer layer over at least a portion of the second metallic layer; a third dielectric layer over at least a portion of the second primer layer; and an outermost protective layer formed over at least a portion of the third dielectric layer. The coated article wherein the RgL* value is at least 35, and no more than 55. The coated article has a total combined thickness of the metallic layers of at least 10 nanometers, and no more than 30 nanometers.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLCInventors: Zhixun Ma, Adam D. Polcyn, Andrew Wagner
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Patent number: 12297141Abstract: A glass-based article including a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface defining a thickness (t) of about 3 millimeters or less (e.g., about 1 millimeter or less), and a stress profile, wherein all points of the stress profile between a thickness range from about 0·t up to 0.3·t and from greater than about 0.7·t to t, comprise a tangent with a slope having an absolute value greater than about 0.1 MPa/micrometer. In some embodiments, the glass-based article includes a non-zero metal oxide concentration that varies along at least a portion of the thickness (e.g., 0·t to about 0.3·t) and a maximum central tension of less than about 71.5/?(t) (MPa). In some embodiments, the concentration of metal oxide or alkali metal oxide decreases from the first surface to a point between the first surface and the second surface and increases from the point to the second surface. The concentration of the metal oxide may be about 0.05 mol % or greater or about 0.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2024Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Timothy Michael Gross, Guangli Hu, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Charlene Marie Smith, Zhongzhi Tang, Steven Alvin Tietje
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Patent number: 12297142Abstract: A plate-like chemically strengthened glass having a compression stress layer on the surface of the glass, wherein the compressive stress value (CS0) at the glass surface of is 500 MPa or more, the plate thickness (t) is 400 ?m or more, the compressive stress depth of layer (DOL) is (t×0.15) ?m or more, the compressive stress values (CS1) and (CS2) when the depth from the glass surface is ¼ and ½, respectively, are 50 MPa or more, m1 expressed by {m1=(CS1?CS2/(DOL/4?DOL/2)} is ?1.5 MPa/?m or more, m2 expressed by {m2=(CS2/(DOL/2?DOL)} is 0 MPa/?m or less, and m2 is less than m1.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2024Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Kenji Imakita, Suguru Murayama
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Patent number: 12296557Abstract: A vehicle laminated glazing includes a first extraclear glass sheet (exterior glazing), a lamination interlayer and a second glass or plastic sheet (interior glazing) with a traversing hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: May 13, 2025Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCEInventors: Claire Davis, Keihann Yavari
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Patent number: 12287456Abstract: A hard optical film, a method for producing the same and use thereof. The film is an optical film with a nano-dual-phase structure, and features a regulable thickness, high visible light transmittance and hardness, a flat and uniform surface, and a great application prospect. The hard optical film is prepared on a surface of a substrate by magnetron sputtering, having high binding force between the obtained film and the substrate, such that the substrate has a very high hardness, a very strong abrasion resistance and certain corrosion resistance.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG SHENZHEN FUTIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Jian Lu, Yu Bu
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Patent number: 12281039Abstract: The present invention relates to a chemically strengthened glass satisfying A1 [MPa] of 600 or more, A2 [MPa] of 50 or more, B1 [?m] of 6 or less, B2 [?m] of 10% or more of t [?m], C [MPa] of ?30 or less, and A1/B1 [MPa/?m] of 100 or more when the chemically strengthened glass has a thickness t [?m] and a profile of a stress value [MPa] at a depth×[?m] from a glass surface is approximated by an error least-squares method in a region of 0<x<3t/8 using the following function while defining a compressive stress as positive and a tensile stress as negative: A1erfc(x/B1)+A2erfc(x/B2)+C, in which erfc is a complementary error function, and relations of A1>A2 and B1<B2 are satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Kenji Imakita, Suguru Murayama, Izuru Kashima, Kazuki Kanehara
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Patent number: 12275668Abstract: Methods of manufacturing a glass-based article includes exposing a glass-based substrate having a lithium aluminosilicate composition to an ion exchange treatment to form the glass-based article. The ion exchange treatment including a molten salt bath having a concentration of a sodium salt in a range from 8 mol % to 100 mol %. The glass-based article includes sodium having a non-zero varying concentration extending from a surface of the glass-based article to a depth of the glass-based article The glass-based article has compressive stress layer extending from the surface to a spike depth of layer from 4 micrometers to 8 micrometers. The glass-based article includes a molar ratio of potassium oxide (K2O) to sodium oxide (Na2O) averaged over a distance from the surface to a depth of 0.4 micrometers that is greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to 1.8.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATEDInventors: Jaymin Amin, Xiaoju Guo, Pascale Oram, Rostislav Vatchev Roussev, Ljerka Ukrainczyk, Taylor Marie Wilkinson
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Patent number: 12248123Abstract: Described herein are antireflective layers, methods for forming antireflective layers, and structures including antireflective layers. Methods are included for forming a durable antireflective layer on the surface of a substrate, wherein the substrate has a complex three-dimensional shape, wherein the durable antireflective layer comprises a uniform monolayer of silica nanoparticles interconnected by SiO2, a uniform monolayer of silica nanoparticles bonded to the surface of the substrate, or a combination thereof.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: University of Florida Research Foundation, INC.Inventors: Sin-Yen Leo, Peng Jiang, Zhuxiao Gu
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Patent number: 12240779Abstract: The present invention provides crystallized glass of three-dimensional shape for easily producing chemically strengthened glass of three-dimensional shape that resists damage and has exceptional transparency. This crystallized glass of three-dimensional shape: contains crystals; has light transmittance in terms of a thickness of 0.8 mm of 80% or higher; and contains 45-74% SiO2, 1-30% Al2O3, 1-25% Li2O, 0-10% Na2O, 0-5% K2O, a total of 0-15% of SnO2 and/or ZrO2, and 0-12% P2O5, these amounts expressing the oxide-based mass percentage.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: AGC Inc.Inventors: Qing Li, Kenji Imakita, Akio Koike, Eriko Maeda