ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,232, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SCHOTT Glass Technologies (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. (Suzhou, China).

"Foldable cover article with reduced hazardous projections" was invented by Wei Xiao (Shanghai), Feng He (Suzhou, China) and Ning Da (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foldable cover article has a total thickness tless than equal to300 micro metre, which is bendable to a minimum bending radius rless than equal to20 mm without breakage and a pencil hardness HRless than=HB. The foldable cover article includes a glass or glass-ceramic substrate with a thickness 5 micro metreless than equal tot1less than equal to150 micro metre...