US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE on March 31 for "Method for cutting a panel made of laminated glass" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,448, issued on March 31, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE (Courbevoie, France).

"Method for cutting a panel made of laminated glass" was invented by Cecile Ozanam (Palaiseau, France) and Florian Bigourdan (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for separating a laminated glass panel including a film and at least two glass sheets, with the film being interposed between the two glass sheets, the method including weakening the mechanical properties of the panel using the energy of a laser beam along a predetermined separation line, by guiding the laser beam along the separation line, the separation line separating the p...