ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,620, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Eclipse Energy Systems Inc. (St. Petersburg, Fla.).

"Thin film coatings on transparent substrates and methods of making and using thereof" was invented by Hulya Demiryont (Redington Beach, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are transparent articles having a substrate adapted for carrying a transparent and electrically conductive thin film thereon. The thin film includes an optical matching-stress releasing layer directly deposited on the substrate; a first antireflection layer directly deposited on the optical matching layer; a metal layer adapted for infra-red reflection and electri...