US Patent Issued to GENTEX on Aug. 4 for "Electro-optical device with integrated light sources" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,298, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to GENTEX Corp. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Electro-optical device with integrated light sources" was invented by Bradley A. Bosma (Hudsonville, Mich.), Ethan J. Lee (Byron Center, Mich.), Xiaoxu Niu (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Kurtis L Geerlings (Zeeland, Mich.) and Steven J. Veenman (Hudsonville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-optic device includes a first substrate that has a first surface and a second surface. A second substrate has a third surface and a fourth surface. A first electrode layer is associated with the second surface. A second electrode layer is associated with the third surface...