ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,248,225, issued on March 11, was assigned to View Operating Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Solar power dynamic glass for heating and cooling buildings" was invented by Brandon Dillan Tinianov (Santa Clara, Calif.), Dhairya Shrivastava (Los Altos, Calif.), Stephen Clark Brown (San Mateo, Calif.) and Erich Robert Klawuhn (Santa Barbara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments herein relate to systems for powering electrochromic windows in a building. Systems may include photovoltaic panels configured to generate electrical power, energy storage device(s) configured for storing generated power, and one or more controllers on ...