US Patent Issued to Pilkington Group on April 21 for "Method of making a reflective coated glass article" (American, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,480, issued on April 21, was assigned to Pilkington Group Ltd. (Lathom, Great Britain).

"Method of making a reflective coated glass article" was invented by Srikanth Varanasi (Ottawa Hills, Ohio), Neil Mcsporran (Liverpool, Great Britain) and Matthew Barrington Mahoney (Pinehurst, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a reflective coated glass article includes providing a glass substrate. A first gaseous mixture is formed. The first gaseous mixture includes a silane compound and inert gas. The first gaseous mixture is delivered to a location above a major surface of the glass substrate to deposit a first coating lay...