US Patent Issued to Solutia on March 4 for "Interlayers and encapsulation layers for use with holographic optical elements" (Massachusetts, Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,227, issued on March 4, was assigned to Solutia Inc. (St. Louis).

"Interlayers and encapsulation layers for use with holographic optical elements" was invented by Francois Andre Koran (Longmeadow, Mass.), John Joseph D'Errico (Glastonbury, Conn.) and Steven V. Haldeman (Hampden, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Interlayers that exhibit superior properties and that provide desirable optical properties when incorporated into laminates, such as windshields, windows or other glazings containing a holographic optical element (HOE) are disclosed. The interlayers, when used in a laminate in conjunction with the HOE film, maintain and do...