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: 20220073411
    Abstract: A textured glass article that includes: a glass substrate comprising a thickness, a primary surface and a bulk composition at the midpoint of the thickness; and a textured region defined by the primary surface and comprising a textured region composition. The textured region comprises a sparkle of 2% or less. Further, the bulk composition comprises about 40 mol % to 80 mol % silica and the textured region composition comprises at least about 40 mol % silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Randall Hancock, JR., Kelleen Kaye Hughes, Yuhui Jin, Aize Li
  • Patent number: 11254605
    Abstract: A method of modifying a substrate comprising an etching step comprising contacting one or more primary surfaces of a glass, glass-ceramic, or ceramic substrate with a solution for a time period of 20 minutes to 8 hours to generate one or more etched primary surfaces, the solution comprising over 10 percent by weight of one or more alkali hydroxides, the solution having a temperature within the range of 100° C. to 150° C., the substrate having a thickness between the primary surfaces that decreases during the time period by 5 ?m to 100 ?m at a rate of 2 ?m per hour or greater. The solution of the etching step does not comprise hydrogen fluoride. The one or more alkali hydroxides of the solution of the etching step can be sodium hydroxide (NaOH), potassium hydroxide (KOH), or a combination of both sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Janette Dawn Hevner, Yuhui Jin, Aize Li, John Robert Saltzer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11208344
    Abstract: A textured glass article that includes: a glass substrate comprising a thickness, a primary surface and a bulk composition at the midpoint of the thickness; and a textured region defined by the primary surface and comprising a textured region composition. The textured region comprises a sparkle of 2% or less. Further, the bulk composition comprises about 40 mol % to 80 mol % silica and the textured region composition comprises at least about 40 mol % silica.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Robert Randall Hancock, Jr., Kelleen Kaye Hughes, Yuhui Jin, Aize Li
  • Patent number: 11148969
    Abstract: A patterned glass article that includes: a glass substrate comprising a thickness, a primary surface and a bulk composition at the midpoint of the thickness; and a patterned region defined by the primary surface and comprising a patterned region composition. The bulk composition comprises about 40 mol % to 80 mol % silica and the patterned region composition comprises at least about 40 mol % silica. Further, the patterned region comprises a first textured region and a second textured region, the second textured region characterized by a haze of at least 5% more than a haze of the first textured region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Yuhui Jin, Aize Li
  • Publication number: 20210070652
    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: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Yuhui Jin, Karl William Koch, III, Aize Li, David Lee Weidman
  • Publication number: 20210069710
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a microfluidic device (100) includes depositing a bonding layer (106) on a surface of a second glass layer (104a) of a glass substrate having a first glass layer (102) and the second glass layer (104a) fused to the first glass layer (102), such that a masked region of the surface is covered by the bonding layer, and an exposed region of the surface is uncovered by the bonding layer; removing a portion of the second glass layer corresponding to the exposed region of the surface to form a flow channel (112) in the glass substrate; and bonding a cover (108) to the glass substrate with the bonding layer (106).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ye Fang, Jin Su Kim, Aize Li
  • Patent number: 10894739
    Abstract: Methods of etching an inorganic layer on a glass substrate are described, the methods comprising contacting the glass substrate including an inorganic layer with an etching solution comprising a polar organic solvent and an etchant, wherein the inorganic layer is removed at an inorganic layer etching rate and the glass substrate is etched as a glass etching rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Yuhui Jin, Aize Li
  • Publication number: 20200407270
    Abstract: A method is described herein of making a textured glass article where the method includes: providing a glass substrate having an initial primary surface and an opposing primary surface; disposing a protective coating on at least one of the initial primary surface or the opposing primary surface; and etching the glass substrate with a hydrofluoric acid-free etchant having a pH of about 7 or less to form a leached layer in the glass substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Gilbert Alexander Castillo, Melanie Lian Geiger, Yuhui Jin, Aize Li, Ying Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200377409
    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 plurality of sub-surface hillocks, each hillock having a top surface and a base, the base located below the primary surface of the substrate. The plurality of hillocks comprises an average lateral feature size from 0.1 ?m to 3 ?m and an average height from 5 nm to 200 nm. Further, the primary surface of the substrate is substantially planar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Yuhui Jin, Aize Li, Qiao Li, Wei Sun
  • Publication number: 20200361811
    Abstract: A method of modifying a substrate comprising an etching step comprising contacting one or more primary surfaces of a glass, glass-ceramic, or ceramic substrate with a solution for a time period of 20 minutes to 8 hours to generate one or more etched primary surfaces, the solution comprising over 10 percent by weight of one or more alkali hydroxides, the solution having a temperature within the range of 100° C. to 150° C., the substrate having a thickness between the primary surfaces that decreases during the time period by 5 ?m to 100 ?m at a rate of 2 ?m per hour or greater. The solution of the etching step does not comprise hydrogen fluoride. The one or more alkali hydroxides of the solution of the etching step can be sodium hydroxide (NaOH), potassium hydroxide (KOH), or a combination of both sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Janette Dawn Hevner, Yuhui Jin, Aize Li, John Robert Saltzer, JR.
  • Publication number: 20200325064
    Abstract: A glass substrate comprises: a first surface with surface features having an average width, an average height, a ratio of the average width to the average height of from about 0.04 to about 0.24, and the first surface has a haze value of 3% to 40%. The glass substrate can be transparent to electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectrum. The glass substrate can have a composition of: 61-75 mol. % SiO2; 7-15 mol. % Al2O3; 0-12 mol. % B2O3; 9-21 mol. % Na2O; 0-4 mol. % K2O; 0-7 mol. % MgO; and 0-3 mol. % CaO. The first surface can have an average surface roughness Ra of from 10 nm to 1,000 nm. The first surface can have an average characteristic largest feature size of from 200 nm to 50 ?m. The ratio of the average width to the average height can be from 0.06 to about 0.08.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Jaymin Amin, Robert Randall Hancock, JR., Raymond Chih Chung Hsiao, Yuhui Jin, Aize Li, Jared Hilliard Seaman
  • Publication number: 20200235020
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reconstituted wafer- and/or panel-level package comprising a glass substrate having a plurality of cavities. Each cavity is configured to hold a single IC chip. The reconstituted wafer- and/or panel-level package can be used in a fan-out wafer or panel level packaging process. The glass substrate can include at least two layers having different photosensitivities with one layer being sufficiently photosensitive to be capable of being photomachined to form the cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Heather Debra Boek, Paul Bennett Dohn, Jin Su Kim, Aize Li, Hugh Michael McMahon, Jun Ro Yoon
  • Patent number: 10698151
    Abstract: A substrate with a textured surface is disclosed. The substrate may be, for example, a light emitter comprising a light guide, for example a backlight element for use in a display device, wherein a surface of the light guide, for example a glass substrate, is configured to have a textured surface with a predetermined RMS roughness and a predetermined correlation length of the texture. A plurality of light scatter suppressing features can be provided on the textured surface. Textured surfaces disclosed herein may be effective to reduce electrostatic charging of the substrate surface. Methods of producing the textured surface are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: James Patrick Hamilton, Karl William Koch, III, Aize Li, Jonathan Michael Mis, Vasudha Ravichandran, Nicholas James Smith, Christine Coulter Wolcott, Ruchirej Yongsunthon
  • Patent number: 10676713
    Abstract: A borophosphate glass composition including B2O3, P2O5, and CaO, and optionally a source additive selected from: Li2O, Na2O, K2O, Al2O3, ZnO, MgO, Fe2O3/FeO, CuO/Cu2O, and mixtures thereof, as defined herein. Also disclosed are bioactive compositions or substrates including the disclosed borophosphate glass composition, and at least one live cell. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting or increasing the relative amount of species containing boron, phosphorous, or both, being released into an aqueous solution from aborophosphate glass composition defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of proliferating cells on a bioactive substrate as defined herein. Also disclosed are related glass compositions that exclude one of B2O3, P2O5, and CaO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Huayun Deng, Ye Fang, Qiang Fu, Aize Li, Lina Ma, John Christopher Mauro
  • Publication number: 20200095160
    Abstract: A patterned glass article that includes: a glass substrate comprising a thickness, a primary surface and a bulk composition at the midpoint of the thickness; and a patterned region defined by the primary surface and comprising a patterned region composition. The bulk composition comprises about 40 mol % to 80 mol % silica and the patterned region composition comprises at least about 40 mol % silica. Further, the patterned region comprises a first textured region and a second textured region, the second textured region characterized by a haze of at least 5% more than a haze of the first textured region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Yuhui Jin, Aize Li
  • Publication number: 20190243052
    Abstract: A substrate with a textured surface is disclosed. The substrate may be, for example, a light emitter comprising a light guide, for example a backlight element for use in a display device, wherein a surface of the light guide, for example a glass substrate, is configured to have a textured surface with a predetermined RMS roughness and a predetermined correlation length of the texture. A plurality of light scatter suppressing features can be provided on the textured surface. Textured surfaces disclosed herein may be effective to reduce electrostatic charging of the substrate surface. Methods of producing the textured surface are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: James Patrick Hamilton, Karl William Koch, III, Aize Li, Vasudha Ravichandran, Nicholas James Smith, Christine Coulter Wolcott, Ruchirej Yongsunthon
  • Publication number: 20190186192
    Abstract: A vacuum insulated glass unit includes a first and a second glass pane and a pane bonding layer. The first and second glass panes each include a vacuum chamber side opposite an outer side. The vacuum chamber side of the first glass pane includes an etched interior surface, a glass pane periphery having a periphery surface, and a plurality of glass spacers each having an end surface. The pane bonding layer is positioned between and engaged with the periphery surface of the glass pane periphery of the first glass pane and the second glass pane and couples the first glass pane to the second glass pane. Each end surface of the plurality of glass spacers and the periphery surface of the glass pane periphery are offset from the etched interior surface such that a vacuum chamber is disposed between the first and the second glass panes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Jin Su Kim, Aize Li, Timothy James Orsley
  • Patent number: 10253550
    Abstract: A vacuum insulated glass unit includes a first and a second glass pane and a pane bonding layer. The first and second glass panes each include a vacuum chamber side opposite an outer side. The vacuum chamber side of the first glass pane includes an etched interior surface, a glass pane periphery having a periphery surface, and a plurality of glass spacers each having an end surface. The pane bonding layer is positioned between and engaged with the periphery surface of the glass pane periphery of the first glass pane and the second glass pane and couples the first glass pane to the second glass pane. Each end surface of the plurality of glass spacers and the periphery surface of the glass pane periphery are offset from the etched interior surface such that a vacuum chamber is disposed between the first and the second glass panes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jin Su Kim, Aize Li, Timothy James Orsley
  • Publication number: 20180282201
    Abstract: A textured glass article that includes: a glass substrate comprising a thickness, a primary surface and a bulk composition at the midpoint of the thickness; and a textured region defined by the primary surface and comprising a textured region composition. The textured region comprises a sparkle of 2% or less. Further, the bulk composition comprises about 40 mol % to 80 mol % silica and the textured region composition comprises at least about 40 mol % silica.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Robert Randall Hancock, JR., Kelleen Kaye Hughes, Yuhui Jin, Aize Li
  • Publication number: 20170349876
    Abstract: A borophosphate glass composition including B2O3, P2O5, and CaO, and optionally a source additive selected from: Li2O, Na2O, K2O, Al2O3, ZnO, MgO, Fe2O3/FeO, CuO/Cu2O, and mixtures thereof, as defined herein. Also disclosed are bioactive compositions or substrates including the disclosed borophosphate glass composition, and at least one live cell. Also disclosed are methods of inhibiting or increasing the relative amount of species containing boron, phosphorous, or both, being released into an aqueous solution from aborophosphate glass composition defined herein. Also disclosed is a method of proliferating cells on a bioactive substrate as defined herein. Also disclosed are related glass compositions that exclude one of B2O3, P2O5, and CaO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Huayun Deng, Ye Fang, Qiang Fu, Aize Li, Lina Ma, John Christopher Mauro