ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,761, issued on July 28, was assigned to ELEMENT SIX TECHNOLOGIES Ltd. (Didcot, Great Britain).
"Synthetic diamond plates" was invented by Julian Ellis (Didcot, Great Britain), John Brandon (Didcot, Great Britain) and Francis Mark Reininger (Pasadena, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A synthetic diamond plate comprises a polygonal plate formed of synthetic diamond material, the polygonal plate of synthetic diamond material having a thickness in a range 0.4 mm to 1.5 mm, and rounded corners having a radius of curvature in a range 1 mm to 6 mm. A mounted synthetic diamond plate is also disclosed comprising a polygonal synthetic dia...