ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,712, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Polyceed Inc. (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Fabrication of variable transmission devices using printed interlayers" was invented by Susana J. Castillo (Tucson, Ariz.), Anoop Agrawal (Tucson, Ariz.), Jason Kyle Smith (Orange, Calif.) and John P. Cronin (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and materials to fabricate laminated variable transmission devices are disclosed, particularly the laminates of electrochromic devices where the electrolytic interlayer is deposited by 3d printing (or also called additive manufacturing process). Printing may be used to form both an interlayer and a sealant...