ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,781, issued on July 29, was assigned to AGC INC. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle window structure" was invented by Takayuki Kimura (Tokyo), Aki Takahashi (Tokyo), Kenichiro Shimo (Tokyo), Takafumi Inoue (Tokyo), Takashi Takada (Tokyo), Youta Oowa (Tokyo), Takashi Sasaki (Tokyo) and Naoya Inoue (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a vehicle window structure in which a light emitting device can be disposed outside the laminated glass. The disclosure also provides a vehicle window structure to be installed at an opening of a vehicle, which comprises a first glass plate and a light emitting device, wherein at least a part of t...