ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,780, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE (Courbevoie, France).

"Vehicle compound glazing unit with projection area" was invented by Michele Cappuccilli (Monschau, Germany), Johannes Wolf (Aachen, Germany) and Andreas Nositschka (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle compound glazing unit with first and second regions including a first pane having first and second surfaces, a second pane having third and fourth surfaces, a first thermoplastic polymer interlayer, wherein the first interlayer is arranged between the second surface of the first pane and the third surface of the second pane, and...