ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,217, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"System for preventing overheating arcing in heated laminated glass" was invented by Gerard Parij (Warren, Mich.) and David G. Meller (Shelby Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a laminated glass comprising a protective layer disposed between two sheets of glass. The system includes a resistive conductive coating made of a first electrically conducting material disposed on a surface of one of the two sheets of glass facing the protective layer. The system includes a first set of electrodes made of a second electrically ...