ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,224, issued on March 24, was assigned to Pilkington Group Ltd. (Lathom, Great Britain).
"Coating apparatus" was invented by Ian Ross Williams (Parbold, Great Britain), Deborah Raisbeck (Burscough, Great Britain), Douglas Martin Nelson (Curtice, Ohio) and Kevin David Sanderson (Maumee, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus is provided for coating deposition, particularly by chemical vapour deposition, on three-dimensional glass articles such as bottles. The apparatus lends itself to incorporation in a plant for a continuous production process for glass containers."
The patent was filed on Jan. 26, 2023, under Application ...