ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,005, issued on May 6, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE (Courbevoie, France).

"Vehicle glazing with metal-based coating and colored edge region" was invented by Anna Neft (Herzogenrath, Germany), Stephan Gillessen (Alsdorf, Germany), Stefanie Pengel (Aachen, Germany) and Jefferson Do Rosario (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle glazing includes a first pane and a second pane which are connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer which is sectionally colored, a metal-based functional layer which is deposited on an inner surface of the first pane facing the thermoplastic intermediate laye...