ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,717, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE (Thourotte, France).

"Composite pane with a holographic element and method for the production thereof" was invented by Andreas Gomer (Kerpen, Germany), Raphaela Perlewitz (Aachen, Germany), Adrien Ceripa (Versailles, France) and Daniel Krekel (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite pane includes first and second panes, a layer stack arranged therebetween including a first thermoplastic intermediate layer, a separating layer, an adhesive layer, a photopolymer layer having a holographic element, a carrier layer, and a second thermoplastic intermedia...