ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,216, issued on April 15, was assigned to CLEARVALUE EUROPE HOLDING B.V. (Amsterdam).

"Automobile lighting" was invented by Jeroen Ter Schiphorst (Amsterdam), Raghu Kishore Pendyala (Amsterdam) and Teunis Jort Lowijs Wagenaar (Amsterdam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention proposes an optical device according to claim 1. The optical device comprises a glazing with a top outer surface and a bottom outer surface extending between a first lateral end face and a second lateral end face. The glazing comprises at least one outer layer made of glass or of an optically clear polymer material. The glazing comprises a photolumine...