ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,736, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE (Courbevoie, France).

"Method for obtaining a substrate coated with a functional layer" was invented by Nicolas Desboeufs (Compiegne, France), Jean-Philippe Schweitzer (Chamant, France), Arnaud Huignard (Compiegne, France), Laurent Maillaud (Massy, France), Lucie Devys (Paris) and Emmanuel Mimoun (Boulogne-Billancourt, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for obtaining a material including a substrate coated on one of its sides with a coating including a functional layer, includes depositing the functional layer on the substrate, then depositing an absorbent...