ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,056, issued on April 29, was assigned to WEBASTO SE (Stockdorf, Germany).

"Vehicle window pane comprising a light source and a light-conducting layer" was invented by Robert Pasquarelli (Stockdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle window pane having a window pane body assembly having an outer side, which faces a vehicle environment, and an inner side, which faces a vehicle interior, and having a light-conducting layer; and a light source configured to couple its light into the light-conducting layer. An input coupling element coupling light emitted by the light source into the light-conducting layer is disposed on the ...