Patent 7365038 was granted and assigned to Corning Incorporated on April, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Glasses are disclosed which are used to produce substrates in flat panel display devices. The glasses exhibit a density less than about 2.45 gm/cm3 and a liquidus viscosity greater than about 200,000 poises, the glass consisting essentially of the following composition, expressed in terms of mol percent on an oxide basis: 65–75 SiO2, 7–13 Al2O3, 5–15 B2O3, 0–3 MgO, 5–15 CaO, 0–5 SrO, and essentially free of BaO. The glasses also exhibit a strain point exceeding 650° C.