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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021

Filed:

May. 03, 2017
Applicant:

Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);

Inventors:

Sinue Gomez, Corning, NY (US);

Robert Michael Morena, Lindley, NY (US);

Douglas Miles Noni, Jr., Horseheads, NY (US);

James Joseph Price, Corning, NY (US);

Sara Jean Sick, Beaver Dams, NY (US);

Assignee:

CORNING INCORPORATED, Corning, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 11/00 (2006.01); C03C 3/097 (2006.01); C03C 3/087 (2006.01); C03C 3/091 (2006.01); C03C 4/18 (2006.01); C03C 3/085 (2006.01); C03C 15/00 (2006.01); C03C 21/00 (2006.01); C03C 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 11/00 (2013.01); C03C 3/085 (2013.01); C03C 3/087 (2013.01); C03C 3/091 (2013.01); C03C 3/097 (2013.01); C03C 4/18 (2013.01); C03C 11/005 (2013.01); C03C 15/00 (2013.01); C03C 21/002 (2013.01); C03C 23/008 (2013.01); C03C 2204/00 (2013.01); Y10T 428/315 (2015.01);
Abstract

A scratch resistant alkali aluminoborosilicate glass. The glass is chemically strengthened and has a surface layer that is rich in silica with respect to the remainder of the glass article. The chemically strengthened glass is then treated with an aqueous solution of a mineral acid other than hydrofluoric acid, such as, for example, HCl, HNO, HSO, or the like, to selective leach elements from the glass and leave behind a silica-rich surface layer. The silica-rich surface layer improves the Knoop scratch threshold of the ion exchanged glass compared to ion exchanged glass that are not treated with the acid solution as well as the post-scratch retained strength of the glass.


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