ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,634, issued on July 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus for manufacturing glass article and method for manufacturing glass article using the same" was invented by Jihyun Ko (Yongin-si, South Korea), Minki Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jinsu Nam (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jun Ho Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yongkyu Kang (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyunseung Seo (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for manufacturing a glass article includes a chamber defining an inner space that accommodates a molten salt for molding and chemical strengthening the glass artic...