Patents by Inventor Melanie Lian Geiger

Melanie Lian Geiger 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: 20230084912
    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: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Christine Cecala, Ronghua Chen, Melanie Lian Geiger, Yuhui Jin, Florence Christine Monique Verrier, David Lee Weidman, Binwei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230076143
    Abstract: A glass-based article with a textured surface exhibiting low haze is provided. The glass-based articles are produced by utilizing a combination of abrasion and etching, where hydrofluoric acid is not utilized. The process for producing the glass-based articles also includes an ion exchange process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: John Steele Abbott, III, Melanie Lian Geiger, Yuhui Jin, Aize Li, Qiao Li, Kevin Barry Reiman, John Richard Ridge, Wei Sun
  • Publication number: 20230064818
    Abstract: Glass-based substrates are described herein that may be processed by methods including applying a cover article onto a glass-based substrate, submerging the glass-based substrate in an etchant, and maintaining the submersion of the glass-based substrate in the etchant. The glass-based substrate may include a covered surface portion and an exposed surface portion. At least a portion of the covered surface portion may be in direct contact with the cover article. The covered surface portion may not be in contact with the etchant and the exposed surface portion may be in direct contact with the etchant. The etchant may contact the exposed surface portion and the cover article fora time sufficient to etch the exposed surface portion. The cover article may provide a barrier between the etchant and the covered surface portion for the entirety of the submerging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Huayun Deng, Melanie Lian Geiger, Richard Allen Hayes, Mingqian He, Yuhui Jin, Govindarajan Natarajan, Weijun Niu, Brian Paul Usiak, David Lee Weidman
  • Patent number: 11485677
    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: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Gilbert Alexander Castillo, Melanie Lian Geiger, Yuhui Jin, Aize Li, Ying Zhang
  • 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