ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,774, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Andersen Corp. (Bayport, Minn.).
"Compound fenestration assemblies with mull end connectors and methods" was invented by Arik Van Asten (St. Paul, Minn.), Jeremyah Biederman (Lake Elmo, Minn.) and Stephen Rippe (White Bear Lake, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Compound fenestration assembly mull joints including one or more mull end connectors, compound fenestration assemblies using those mull joints, and methods of making and using the same are described herein. The compound fenestration assembly mull joints including one or more mull end connectors described herein are configured to be a...