US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on Nov. 3 for "Method for separating glass" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,837, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Method for separating glass" was invented by Tomoki Amano (Osaka, Japan) and Yasuhiko Sakai (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Plate-like glass 2 having a print layer bonded to base material 5 by adhesive layer 4 can be separated in a layer form from article 1 by irradiating print layer 3 with laser light 6, carbonizing an organic component on an entire surface of the print layer through irradiation, and separating the print layer in a layer form."

The patent was filed on Oct. 10, 2024, under Application No. 18/911,24...