ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,734, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Crown Electrokinetics Corp. (Corvallis, Ore.).

"Electrokinetic device with imaging sensor" was invented by Timothy Koch (Albany, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is a window pane assembly system and method utilizing locking a locking system for easy insertion of a second window pane and an electro kinetic strip or film on these window panes. These electrokinetic strips and films have the capability to do many things on the window panes like changing the opacity of the windows and allowing certain levels of light through the window. The use of this technology can creat...