ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,419, issued on April 15, was assigned to View Operating Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Window antennas" was invented by Harold Hughes (Los Altos Hills, Calif.), Stephen Clark Brown (San Mateo, Calif.) and Dhairya Shrivastava (Los Altos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, an apparatus is described that includes a transparent pane having a first surface and a second surface. An electrochromic device (ECD) is arranged over the second surface that includes a first conductive layer adjacent the second surface, a second conductive layer, and an electrochromic layer between the first and the second conductive layers. The appara...