ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,282,220, issued on April 22, was assigned to DONGWOO FINE-CHEM Co. LTD. (Iksan-si, South Korea).

"Optical stack, and manufacturing method for same, and smart window including same, and automobile or windows for building using same" was invented by Hyun-Seong Kim (Iksan-si, South Korea), Jin-Ho Kim (Iksan-si, South Korea), Hyun-Sun Ryu (Iksan-si, South Korea) and Ju-Seob Choi (Iksan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable transmittance optical stack, a manufacturing method therefor, a smart window including the same, and windows for an automobile or a building using the same are proposed."

The patent was filed on Jan. 18...