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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2012
Christopher D. Prest, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ashutosh Y. Shukla, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Dale N. Memering, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vashist Vasanthakumar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vincent Yan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Johannessen, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher D. Prest, San Francisco, CA (US);
Ashutosh Y. Shukla, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Dale N. Memering, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vashist Vasanthakumar, San Francisco, CA (US);
Vincent Yan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Johannessen, San Jose, CA (US);
APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods for creating sapphire windows are provided herein. In particular, one embodiment may take the form of a method of manufacturing sapphire windows. The method includes obtaining a polished sapphire wafer and applying decoration to the sapphire wafer. The method also includes cutting the sapphire wafer into discrete windows. In some embodiments, the cutting step comprises laser ablation of the sapphire.