ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,161, issued on April 22, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Standardized wedge profile in glass laminate for ghost reduction" was invented by Stephan J. Pankratz (Eagan, Minn.), William F. Edmonds (Chavannes-des-Bois, Switzerland), Matthew B. Johnson (Woodbury, Minn.) and John F. VanDerlofske III (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heads-up display includes a windshield with a standardized wedge profile and an embedded reflective polarizer and a display. The reflective polarizer is disposed between, and spaced apart from, opposing outermost first and second major glass surfaces of the windshield...