ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,085, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to View Operating Corp. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Counter electrode for electrochromic devices" was invented by Dane Gillaspie (Collierville, Tenn.), Sridhar K. Kailasam (Fremont, Calif.) and Robert T. Rozbicki (Saratoga, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The embodiments herein relate to electrochromic stacks, electrochromic devices, and methods and apparatus for making such stacks and devices. In various embodiments, an anodically coloring layer in an electrochromic stack or device is fabricated to include nickel tungsten tantalum oxide (NiWTaO). This material is particularly beneficial in that it...