ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,411, issued on June 23, was assigned to HEGLA GmbH & Co. KG (Beverungen, Germany).
"Cutting method and cutting device for scoring components made of glass or ceramics and method for dividing components made of glass or ceramics" was invented by Heinrich Ostendarp (Haan, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a cutting method and a cutting device for the superficial scoring of, preferably plate-shaped, components made of glass or ceramics, preferably of glass sheets, and to a method for dividing of, preferably plate-shaped, components made of glass or ceramics, preferably of glass sheets, for example o...