US Patent Issued to Georgia Tech Research on March 31 for "Method for manufacturing transparent ceramic materials" (Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,038, issued on March 31, was assigned to Georgia Tech Research Corp. (Atlanta).

"Method for manufacturing transparent ceramic materials" was invented by Robert F. Speyer (Atlanta) and Joseph Eun (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a transparent ceramic material. The method comprises providing a compact comprising a metal oxide and, during sintering, exposing the compact to a vapor comprising one of or both fluorine ions and lithium ions to form a transparent ceramic material comprising at least 90% of a theoretical transparency."

The patent wa...