ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,136, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN SULLY (Sully-sur-Loire, France).

"Clamped glazed unit and peripheral seal thereof with a shape that limits the peripheral sliding of the glazed unit so as to guarantee that it does not come loose from its mounting structure" was invented by Jean-Charles Sauvesty (Sully sur Loire, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly of a laminated glazed unit and the peripheral seal thereof, the laminated glazed unit including a transparent structural block, the peripheral seal having a first spacer part between the external surface of the structural block and a windowpane retainer, an...