ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,172, issued on April 14, was assigned to Innovation Glass LLC (Tivoli, N.Y.).

"System and method for sectional construction assembly for use with a wood mullion" was invented by Franz Safford (Tivoli, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A construction section for supporting a glass panel and configured to be coupled to a building structure. The construction section may comprise a wood mullion, an upper fitting, and a gravity fitting. The wood mullion may comprise an elongate body, a pair of cutouts in the upper and lower ends, and upper and lower pockets. The elongate body may comprise an exterior face, an upper end, and a lower end...