ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,684, issued on June 9, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Low-modulus ion-exchangeable glass compositions" was invented by Timothy Michael Gross (Painted Post, N.Y.) and Jingshi Wu (Painted Post, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass composition includes: greater than or equal to 40 mol % and less than or equal to 57 mol % SiO2; greater than or equal to 15 mol % and less than or equal to 30 mol % Al2O3; greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 10 mol % B2O3; greater than or equal to 0 mol % and less than or equal to 10 mol % P2O5; greater than or equal to 14 mol % and less than or equal to 17 mol % ...