ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,717, issued on July 21, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE (Thourotte, France).

"Composite pane for a head-up display with an electrically conductive coating and an anti-reflective coating" was invented by Klaus Fischer (Alsdorf, Germany), Dagmar Schaefer (Herzogenrath, Germany) and Roberto Zimmermann (Solingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite pane for a head-up display with an upper edge, a lower edge, and an HUD region, including an outer pane and an inner pane, which are joined to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, and a transparent, electrically conductive coating on the surface of the...