US Patent Issued to Battelle Memorial Institute on July 29 for "Aircraft seeker windows and aircraft window systems including the same" (Ohio, Indiana, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,777, issued on July 29, was assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio).

"Aircraft seeker windows and aircraft window systems including the same" was invented by Steven M. Risser (Reynoldsburg, Ohio), Amy Marie Heintz (Pacific Grove, Calif.), Rachel M. Thurston (Columbus, Ohio), John Bartholomew (Hilliard, Ohio), Erica Howard (Columbus, Ohio), Richard G. Rateick Jr. (South Bend, Ind.) and Ian Haggerty (Powell, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An approach to seeker windows for aircraft comprises a window layer comprising an IR transparent material, the window layer comprising a first side and a second side substantiall...