Patents by Inventor I-Wen Chou

I-Wen Chou 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).

  • Methods for forming glass ceramic articles
    Patent number: 12281036
    Abstract: A method for forming glass ceramic articles includes heating a stack of glass sheets to a nucleation temperature to create a nucleated crystallizable stack of sheets; heating the nucleated crystallizable stack of glass sheets to a crystallization temperature; and maintaining the crystallization temperature for a predetermined period of time to produce the glass-ceramic articles. The stack of glass sheets has a mass index of less than or equal to 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: I-Wen Chou, Carol Ann Click, Shuo Cui, James Howard Edmonston, Mathieu Gerard Jacques Hubert, Katherine Weber Kroemer
  • METHODS FOR FORMING GLASS CERAMIC ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20210009459
    Abstract: A method for forming glass ceramic articles includes heating a stack of glass sheets to a nucleation temperature to create a nucleated crystallizable stack of sheets; heating the nucleated crystallizable stack of glass sheets to a crystallization temperature; and maintaining the crystallization temperature for a predetermined period of time to produce the glass-ceramic articles. The stack of glass sheets has a mass index of less than or equal to 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: I-Wen Chou, Carol Ann Click, Shuo Cui, James Haward Edmonston, Mathieu Gerard Jacquues Hubert, Katherine Weber Kroemer