ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,872, issued on June 23, was assigned to AGC INC. (Tokyo).

"Method for manufacturing glass sheet composite" was invented by Daisuke Uchida (Tokyo) and Kiichi Takeuchi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a glass sheet composite including two or more sheets and an intermediate layer between at least a pair of sheets of the sheets, the pair of the sheets consisting of a sheet 1A and a sheet 1B, at least one of the sheet 1A and the sheet 1B being a glass sheet, and the method including: applying a liquid agent for the intermediate layer and a sealant to at least a part of a mai...