ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,428, issued on June 23, was assigned to SCHOTT AG (Mainz, Germany).

"Glass ceramic having specific thermal expansion characteristics" was invented by Ina Mitra (Stadecken-Elsheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a glass ceramic having improved thermal expansion characteristics and to the use thereof in a precision component."

The patent was filed on March 15, 2022, under Application No. 17/654,821.

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