Patents by Inventor Aize Li

Aize Li has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20260159443
    Abstract: Methods of treating a glass substrate including heating the glass substrate at a first temperature for a first period of time from greater than or equal to 1 minute to less than or equal to 2 hours to form a heat-treated glass substrate. The first temperature is less than an annealing point of the glass substrate by from greater than or equal to 10° C. to less than or equal to 150° C. The glass substrate has a substrate thickness from greater than or equal to 25 micrometers to less than or equal to 300 micrometers. Methods further comprise chemically strengthening the heat-treated glass substrate to form a chemically strengthened glass substrate having a first compressive stress region extending from the first major surface to a first depth of compression from greater than or equal to 5 ?m to less than or equal to 30% of the substrate thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2025
    Publication date: June 11, 2026
    Inventors: Joy Banerjee, Timothy James Kiczenski, Peter Joseph Lezzi, Aize Li, Michelle Diane Pierson-Stull, Vitor Marino Schneider
  • Patent number: 12617710
    Abstract: A silicate-based glass composition includes 15-65 wt. % SiO2, 15-50 wt. % CaO, 1-30 wt. % P2O5, and 1-20 wt. % ZrO2, such that the composition has a hydrolytic resistance of glass grains (HGB) of at most 3, when measured by International Organization for Standardization section 719 (ISO 719), and forms a bioactive crystalline phase in simulated body fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Qiang Fu, Aize Li, Charisse Marye Spier
  • Publication number: 20260015285
    Abstract: Described herein are textured glass-based articles. The textured glass-based articles may include a glass-based substrate including a first major surface and a second major surface. At least a portion of one or both of the first major surface and the second major surface is textured, wherein the portion of the one or both of the first major surface and the second major surface that are textured may have a sparkle at 140 ppi of less than or equal to 5% and an uncoupled distinctness-of-image of at least 78%. Methods for making such articles are also described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2025
    Publication date: January 15, 2026
    Inventors: Christine Cecala, Ronghua Chen, Melanie Lian Geiger, Yuhui Jin, Aize Li, Qiao Li, Kevin Barry Reiman, John Richard Ridge, Wei Sun, Florence Christine Monique Verrier, David Lee Weidman, Binwei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250361176
    Abstract: A glass article is provided that includes: a glass substrate comprising a thickness and a primary surface; and a textured region defined by the primary surface. The textured region comprises a low spatial frequency region and a high spatial frequency region substantially superimposed within the low spatial frequency region. Further, the low spatial frequency region comprises an average lateral feature size that exceeds an average lateral feature size of the high spatial frequency region. In addition, the textured region comprises a surface roughness (Ra) from about 10 nm to about 1000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2025
    Publication date: November 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Yuhui Jin, Karl William Koch, III, Aize Li, David Lee Weidman
  • Publication number: 20250333351
    Abstract: The methods generally include contacting an alkali-containing glass article having a first alkali metal cation with a molten salt bath including from 0.1 wt. % to 3 wt. % nanoparticles and at least one alkali metal salt having a second alkali metal cation that has an atomic radius larger than an atomic radius of the first alkali metal cation. The nanoparticles may include at least one of metalloid oxide nanoparticles and metal oxide nanoparticles. The methods also include maintaining contact of the glass article with the molten salt bath to allow the first alkali metal cations to be exchanged with the second alkali metal cations of the molten salt bath. Further, the methods may include removing the glass article from contact with the molten salt bath to produce a strengthened glass article. A Surface Hydrolytic Resistance titration volume of the strengthened glass article may be less than 1.5 mL.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Sinue Gomez-Mower, Yuhui Jin, Aize Li, Kelly Ann Murphy, Carlton Maurice Truesdale
  • Patent number: 12441655
    Abstract: Described herein are textured glass-based articles. The textured glass based articles may include a glass-based substrate including a first major surface and a second major surface. At least a portion of one or both of the first major surface and the second major surface is textured, wherein the portion of the one or both of the first major surface and the second major surface that are textured may have a sparkle at 140 ppi of less than or equal to 5% and an uncoupled distinctness-of-image of at least 78%. Methods for making such articles are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Christine Cecala, Ronghua Chen, Melanie Lian Geiger, Yuhui Jin, Aize Li, Qiao Li, Kevin Barry Reiman, John Richard Ridge, Wei Sun, Florence Christine Monique Verrier, David Lee Weidman, Binwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 12404207
    Abstract: A glass article is provided that includes: a glass substrate comprising a thickness and a primary surface; and a textured region defined by the primary surface. The textured region comprises a low spatial frequency region and a high spatial frequency region substantially superimposed within the low spatial frequency region. Further, the low spatial frequency region comprises an average lateral feature size that exceeds an average lateral feature size of the high spatial frequency region. In addition, the textured region comprises a surface roughness (Ra) from about 10 nm to about 1000 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Yuhui Jin, Karl William Koch, III, Aize Li, David Lee Weidman
  • Patent number: 12378151
    Abstract: A borosilicate-based composition, including: 50-85 mol. % SiO2, 10-40 mol. % B2O3, >0-5 mol. % SnO2, and >0-20 mol. % of at least one alkali oxide selected from Li2O, Na2O, K2O, Rb2O, and Cs2O, such that the composition has a Young's Modulus less than 64 GPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert Randall Hancock, Jr., Aize Li, Liying Zhang
  • Patent number: 12378156
    Abstract: The methods generally include contacting an alkali-containing glass article having a first alkali metal cation with a molten salt bath including from 0.1 wt. % to 3 wt. % nanoparticles and at least one alkali metal salt having a second alkali metal cation that has an atomic radius larger than an atomic radius of the first alkali metal cation. The nanoparticles may include at least one of metalloid oxide nanoparticles and metal oxide nanoparticles. The methods also include maintaining contact of the glass article with the molten salt bath to allow the first alkali metal cations to be exchanged with the second alkali metal cations of the molten salt bath. Further, the methods may include removing the glass article from contact with the molten salt bath to produce a strengthened glass article. A Surface Hydrolytic Resistance titration volume of the strengthened glass article may be less than 1.5 mL.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sinue Gomez-Mower, Yuhui Jin, Aize Li, Kelly Ann Murphy, Carlton Maurice Truesdale
  • Patent number: 12344555
    Abstract: A textured glass article includes: a body comprising an aluminosilicate glass comprising greater than or equal to 16 wt % Al2O3 and a Al2O3/SiO2 ratio less than or equal to 0.3, the body having at least a first surface; a plurality of polyhedral surface features extending from the first surface, each of the plurality of polyhedral surface features comprising a base on the first surface, a plurality of facets extending from the first surface, and a surface feature size at the base greater than or equal to 10 ?m and less than or equal to 100 ?m, wherein the plurality of facets of each polyhedral surface feature converge toward one another; and a transmittance haze greater than or equal to 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert Randall Hancock, Jr., Yuhui Jin, Aize Li
  • Publication number: 20250187972
    Abstract: A method of making a glass article using a phase separated silicate glass including a silica rich first phase and a boron rich second phase. The phase separated silica glass is etched with an etchant to remove at least a portion of the second phase and obtain a high silica content porous glass article. The porous glass article may be heat treated to consolidate the porous glass article to close the pores of the porous glass article and obtain a consolidated glass article with very low dielectric properties. Various glass compositions are disclosed that phase separate via spinodal decomposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Venkatesh Botu, Ling Cai, Heath Aaron Filkins, Lisa Ann Lamberson, Aize Li, Charlene Marie Smith, Liping Xiong Smith
  • Publication number: 20250187973
    Abstract: A method of forming a glass laminate includes providing a substrate having a core layer and at least one cladding layer; heat treating the substrate at a temperature such that the at least one cladding layer is phase-separated after the heat treating; and etch treating the substrate for at least 10 sec. A phase-separated glass laminate includes a substrate having a core layer and at least one phase-separated cladding layer, such that the glass laminate has a % transmission of at least 96%, and the at least one cladding layer comprises a grain size in a range of 10 nm to 1 ?m, or a graded glass index of greater than 5 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Venkatesh Botu, Attila Lang de Falussy, Jin Su Kim, Karl William Koch, III, Aize Li, James Patrick Trice
  • Patent number: 12275666
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for treating a substrate, for example texturing a substrate. In some embodiments, a masking material is applied to a surface of the substrate in a predetermined pattern, the surface thereafter contacted with an etchant that removes the masking material. Contacting the surface with the etchant produces multiple co-located textures. In other embodiments, the masking step can be eliminated, and the etchant is applied in a predetermined pattern to produce multiple co-located textures. In still other embodiments, the substrate has a chemical composition, and the substrate is exposed to a leachant that leaches at least one constituent of the chemical composition to produce a substrate with a varying chemical composition at the substrate surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Gabriel Pierce Agnello, Joy Banerjee, Aize Li, Robert George Manley, Huan-Hung Sheng, Siva Venkatachalam
  • Patent number: 12252437
    Abstract: A method of forming a glass laminate includes providing a substrate having a core layer and at least one cladding layer; heat treating the substrate at a temperature such that the at least one cladding layer is phase-separated after the heat treating; and etch treating the substrate for at least 10 sec. A phase-separated glass laminate includes a substrate having a core layer and at least one phase-separated cladding layer, such that the glass laminate has a % transmission of at least 96%, and the at least one cladding layer comprises a grain size in a range of 10 nm to 1 ?m, or a graded glass index of greater than 5 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Venkatesh Botu, Attila Lang de Falussy, Jin Su Kim, Karl William Koch, III, Aize Li, James Patrick Trice
  • Publication number: 20250035829
    Abstract: A coated textured glass article is described herein that comprises: a glass body comprising a first surface; a plurality of polyhedral surface features extending from the first surface; and a coating disposed on the first surface of the body and the plurality of polyhedral surface features. Each of the plurality of polyhedral surface features comprises a base on the first surface and a plurality of facets extending from the base and converging toward one another. The coating comprises a multilayer interference stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2023
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Xinyu Cao, Ling Chen, Wanghui Chen, Jiangwei Feng, Robert Randall Hancock, Jr., Shandon Dee Hart, Yuhui Jin, Karl William Koch, III, Carlo Anthony Kosik Williams, Aize Li, Lin Lin, Loretta Jane Moses, Meng Shang, Nicholas Michael Walker
  • Patent number: 12207539
    Abstract: Foldable substrates have a first portion, a second portion, and a central portion positioned therebetween with a first transition region having a first central surface area of the central portion with a first average angle. In aspects, the first average angle is from about 176.10 to about 179.9° or from about 177.0° to about 179.9°. In aspects, a polymer angle is from 178.3° to about 179.9° or from about 179.10 to about 179.9°. Methods comprise disposing an etch mask over the first major surface of the foldable substrate before etching the foldable substrate. In aspects, the etch mask comprises a first polymer layer positioned between a first barrier layer and the first major surface. In aspects, the etch mask comprises a plurality of ink-jet printed shapes. Methods of measuring a contrast ratio comprise impinging a transparent apparatus with a collimated beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Gabriel Pierce Agnello, Matthew Wade Fenton, Aize Li, Katherine Anne Lindberg, Ren Liu, Robert Arthur McIntosh, Adam James Ruggles, Vitor Marino Schneider
  • Publication number: 20240383799
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a quantum dot-doped glass and method of making the same. A quantum dot-doped glass includes glass that includes quantum dots in an internal structure of the glass. The quantum dots within the glass have a photoluminescence quantum yield of greater than or equal to 10%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Anthony Paul Carapella, Aize Li, Joseph Francis Schroeder, III, Haitao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240366482
    Abstract: An aqueous dentifrice formulation, comprising: a bioactive glass exhibiting at least one of: a hydrolytic resistance of glass grains (HGB) of at most 4, when measured by International Organization for Standardization section 719 (ISO 719); a weight loss of 5 wt. % or less after soaking 5 g of the bioactive glass in powder form in 100 mL of deionized water for 7 days at 37° C.; an XRD spectrum substantially free of crystalline phase after soaking 5 g of the bioactive glass in powder form in 100 mL of deionized water for 7 days at 37° C.; or any combination thereof; wherein, when the bioactive glass is contacted with artificial saliva, the bioactive glass forms a bioactive crystalline phase. A method of using the aqueous dentifrice formulation to remineralize enamel of the tooth, treat caries of the tooth, treat dentin hypersensitivity of the tooth, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Erin Coon, Qiang Fu, Aize Li, Hugh Michael McMahon, Charisse Marye Spier, Nicholas Michael Stone-Weiss, Joanna E. Warzyszynska
  • Patent number: 12122705
    Abstract: A textured glass article includes: a body comprising an aluminosilicate glass comprising greater than or equal to 16 wt % Al2O3, the body having at least a first surface; a plurality of dendritic surface features extending from the first surface, each of the plurality of dendritic surface features comprising a base on the first surface and a surface feature size at the base greater than or equal to 10 ?m and less than or equal to 350 ?m; and a transmittance haze greater than or equal to 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert Randall Hancock, Jr., Yuhui Jin, Aize Li
  • Publication number: 20240317639
    Abstract: A glass article is provided that includes: a glass substrate comprising a thickness and a primary surface; and a textured region defined by the primary surface. The textured region comprises a low spatial frequency region and a high spatial frequency region substantially superimposed within the low spatial frequency region. Further, the low spatial frequency region comprises an average lateral feature size that exceeds an average lateral feature size of the high spatial frequency region. In addition, the textured region comprises a surface roughness (Ra) from about 10 nm to about 1000 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Yuhui Jin, Karl William Koch, III, Aize Li, David Lee Weidman