ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,539, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to HEGLA GmbH & Co. KG (Beverungen, Germany).
"Apparatus and method for separating a composite safety glass panel" was invented by Heinrich Ostendarp (Haan, Germany), Thomas Rainer (Wernigerode, Germany), Andreas Luster (OT Neehausen/Volkmaritz, Germany) and Benjamin Thiele (Paderborn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for separating a composite safety glass panel along at least one pre-definable dividing line, wherein the composite safety glass panel has at least one composite film and at least two glass panels, wherein the composite film is arranged between the glass panels and...