ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,736, issued on Jan. 28.

"Vehicle rear-view mirror assembly" was invented by Zhenhu Cao (Ningbo, China) and Shanshan Hu (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a vehicle rear-view mirror assembly, comprising an electrochromic mirror element, said element comprising: a substantially transparent first electrically conductive base material, which comprises a first surface and a second surface as well as a first edge surface; a substantially transparent second electrically conductive base material, comprising a third surface and a fourth surface as well as a second edge surface; a sealing piece, appr...