ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,064, issued on June 16, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Cordierite-indialite-pseudobrookite structured ceramic bodies, batch composition mixtures, and methods of manufacturing ceramic bodies therefrom" was invented by Huthavahana Kuchibhotla Sarma (Milpitas, Calif.) and Cameron Wayne Tanner (Horseheads, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramic body exhibiting % Pless than=50%, dfless than equal to0.36, and a combined weight percentage of crystalline phases containing cordierite and indialite of at least 85 wt %, and up to 10 wt % of a crystalline pseudobrookite structured phase, such as armalcolite. The ceramic bo...