ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,663, issued on July 28, was assigned to Corning Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Glass articles having adhesive bead with controlled angle at glass-adhesive interface and associated methods" was invented by Antoine Dupuis (Champagne sur Seine, France) and Elias Merhy (Saulx-les-Chartreux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a glass article comprising a support structure comprising a support surface, a glass substrate comprising a first major surface and a second major surface, and an adhesive bead disposed between the support surface and the second major surface. The adhesive bead comprises a plurality of outer surfaces e...