ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,722, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to AGC INC. (Tokyo).

"Laminated glass" was invented by Takashi Shibuya (Tokyo), Junichi Kakuta (Tokyo), Risa Kimura (Tokyo) and Yuhei Gima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To prevent a light control device from being scarred.A laminated glass 10 comprises a pair of glass plates 11 and 12, and a light control device 15 formed between the pair of glass plates 11 and 12, having a liquid crystal layer 153, a substrate 151, a conductive film 152 formed on one surface 151S1 of the substrate 151 and a protective film 154 formed on the other surface 151S2 of the substrate 151. The liquid crystal la...