ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,905, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Transparent ceramic glass for cooktop and cooktop comprising same" was invented by Jiyoung Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyungin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngdeog Koh (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kwangjoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transparent glass-ceramic for cooktop, the transparent glass-ceramic including a glass material having an uneven layer etched on an upper surface of the glass material, an upper printed layer formed on the uneven layer, and a lower printed layer formed under the glass materi...