ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,222, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly with driver monitoring camera" was invented by Zhongyao Liu (Troy, Mich.), Justin E. Sobecki (Rockford, Mich.), Jonathan D. Conger (Huntington Woods, Mich.), Steven V. Byrne (Goodrich, Mich.) and Austen C. Peterson (Hudsonville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head adjustably attached at a mounting base. The mirror head includes a mirror reflective element having a reflector-coated glass substrate having a front side and a rear side sepa...