ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,869, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (New Delhi).

"Thermo-responsive molecules for controlled heat and light transmission windows and applications thereof" was invented by Ajayaghosh Ayyappanpillai (Thiruvananthapuram, India), Satyajit Das (Thiruvananthapuram, India), Suraj Soman (Thiruvananthapuram, India), Adersh Asok (Thiruvananthapuram, India) and Sreejith Shankar Pooppanal (Thiruvananthapuram, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to design and applications of a class of water-soluble small molecules represented by Formula 1. In aqueous solutions the s...