ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,240, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE (Thourotte, France).
"Composite pane having electrically controllable optical properties" was invented by Jefferson Do Rosario (Aachen, Germany), Huixing Zhang (Aachen, Germany) and Valentin Schulz (Niederzier, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite pane having electrically controllable optical properties, includes an outer pane and an inner pane, which are joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein an optoelectronic functional element having electrically controllable optical properties is embedded in the intermediate layer, which...