ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,637, issued on March 31, was assigned to Magna Mirrors of America Inc. (Holland, Mich.).

"Vehicular rear window assembly with system status indicator" was invented by Darin J. Snider (Holland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular rear window assembly configured to be disposed at a rear portion of a cabin of a vehicle includes a fixed window panel. An indicating device is disposed at the fixed window panel and includes a light source. With the vehicular rear window assembly disposed at the rear portion of the cabin of the vehicle, the light source, when the indicating device is electrically powered, emits light. With the ...