ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,215, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SAGE ELECTROCHROMICS INC. (Faribault, Minn.).

"Article including a non-light-emitting variable transmission device and a coating" was invented by Julien Orillard (Paris), Alexandre Richard (Fribourg, Switzerland), Paul C. Mogensen (Chantilly, France), Nicolas Antoine Mercadier (Bulle, Switzerland), Henry Kelley (Faribault, Minn.) and Mathew Bowser (Faribault, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An article can include a non-light-emitting, variable transmission device and a coating disposed between the non-light-emitting, variable transmission device and an ambient outside the article. In an embo...