ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,392, issued on May 26, was assigned to ILIKA TECHNOLOGIES LTD (Romsey, Great Britain).

"Method for preparing amorphous lithium borosilicate" was invented by Alexandros Anastasopoulos (San Francisco), Brian Elliott Hayden (Lyndhurst, Great Britain), Christopher Lee (Southampton, Great Britain), David Laughman (Acton, Mass.), Duncan Smith (Malmesbury, Great Britain), Gianfranco Aresta (Southampton, Great Britain), Louise Turner (Salisbury, Great Britain) and Samuel Guerin (Southampton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a vapour deposition method for preparing an amorphous lithium borosilicate or...