ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,412, issued on April 7, was assigned to SHINKO ELECTRIC IDUSTRIES Co. LTD. (Nagano, Japan).

"Ceramic composition and method for manufacturing ceramic composition" was invented by Michio Horiuchi (Nagano, Japan) and Yuichiro Shimizu (Nagano, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramic composition is provided. The ceramic composition includes a corundum phase, and a CeAl11O18 phase. A ratio of an amount of substance of the CeAl11O18 phase with respect to a total amount of substance of the ceramic composition is not lower than 0.5 mol % and not higher than 5 mol %."

The patent was filed on Sept. 6, 2022, under Application No. 17/903...