ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,761, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Pilkington Group Ltd. (Nr. Ormskirk Lancashire, Great Britain).
"Glazing having a conductive coating and a printed layer, a method for producing the same and use of the same" was invented by Joseph Jeremy Boote (Lancashire, Great Britain) and Graham Siddons (Ellesmere Port, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a glazing comprising first glass sheet comprising a printed layer on a portion of a surface of the glass sheet and a conductive coating on the surface of the first glass sheet. The conductive coating extends over at least a portion of the printed layer to fo...