ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,277, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to ACR II GLASS AMERICA INC. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Glazing with lighting capabilities" was invented by Markus Walter Pohlen (Grevenmacher, Luxembourg) and Olivier Farreyrol (Grevenmacher, Luxembourg).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to a glazing with a laminated structure for providing lighting capabilities that comprises a first glass sheet with a first surface and a second surface, a second glass sheet with a third surface and a fourth surface, an interlayer between the first glass sheet and the second glass sheet, and a lighting system, which may include a light source, a l...