ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,700, issued on June 10, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE (Courbevoie, France).

"Composite panel with a sensor assembly on both sides" was invented by Patrick Weber (Alsdorf, Germany), Michael Zeiss (Heinsberg-Haaren, Germany), Christian Effertz (Aachen, Germany) and Gabor Varga (Herzogenrath, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite panel includes first and second substrate layers, first and second patterned electrically conductive layers, and an insulating layer. A first capacitive sensing element with a first supply line structure is formed in the first electrically conductive layer and a second capacitive sensin...