ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,202, issued on March 4, was assigned to Andersen Corp. (Bayport, Minn.).

"Laminated glass retention system" was invented by Adam Richard Rietz (Lake St. Croix Beach, Minn.), Craig Michael Johnson (North Oaks, Minn.), Katherine April Stephan Graham (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Scott Edward Thom (White Bear Township, Minn.), Eric Matthew Mueller (Cottage Grove, Minn.), Drew Adam Pavlacky (Lakeland Shores, Minn.) and Jared Shanholtzer (Saint Paul Park, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein relate to a system and method for retaining an insulated glass subassembly including a laminated layer of glass within a frame of ...