ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,590, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to CornellCookson LLC (Mountain Top, Pa.).

"Clear view panel for overhead door" was invented by Joseph L. Balay (Sugerload, Pa.) and Thomas Balay (Drums, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of the present disclosure provide an overhead door panel. The overhead door panel includes a pair of parallel glass panes, a metal frame with parallel lateral stiles oriented perpendicular to the pair of parallel glass panes, a first seal system located at a first lateral stile, and a second seal system located at a second lateral stile, wherein the first seal system and the second seal system engage wi...