ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,170, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Pilkington Group Ltd. (Nr. Ormskirk, Great Britain).

"Laminated glazing" was invented by Tomasz Telega (Sandomierz, Poland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminated glazing for a vehicle windscreen comprising a first sheet of glazing material joined to a second sheet of glazing material by at least one sheet of adhesive interlayer material is described. Each of the first and second sheets of glazing material has a respective first major surface and second major surface, wherein the second major surface of the first sheet of glazing material faces the first major surface of the second sheet of ...