ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,559, issued on May 13, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE (Courbevoie, France).
"Glazing comprising a functional coating and an absorbent element for colorimetric adjustment" was invented by Romain Hivet (Orvault, France) and Xavier Caillet (Fontenay sous Bois, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A material includes one or more transparent substrates including two main surfaces, of which one of the surfaces of one of the substrates is coated with a functional coating capable of controlling solar radiation, the material including an absorbent layer for colorimetric adjustment of which the average absorption peak is centered b...