ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,638, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE (Courbevoie, France).
"Laminated pane with light source" was invented by Jefferson Do Rosario (Herzogenrath, Germany), Achim Zeichner (Herzogenrath, Germany), Matthias Mandelartz (Herzogenrath, Germany) and Pierre Sarkissian (Herzogenrath, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminated pane with light source, includes an outer pane and an inner pane, a first thermoplastic film arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane, a functional element with electrically controllable optical properties, a darkened layer, a decoupling element for decoupling light from the...