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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nicholas F Borrelli, Elmira, NY (US);
Brent M Wedding, Corning, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Glass Works, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
65 3011 ; 65 323 ; 501 13 ;
Abstract
An optically activated bleaching process effective to permanently modify the color of surface-colored silver halide-containing photochromic glasses produced by thermal reduction treatments is described, wherein the glass is coincidentally exposed, for an effective time interval, to (i) a source of high energy light and (ii) a heat source. The process reduces the relatively strong absorption peaks characteristic of the initially colored glass, resulting in a permanent bleached appearance.