US Patent Issued to SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE on June 16 for "Functional element with electrically controllable optical properties" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,650, issued on June 16, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE (Thourotte, France).

"Functional element with electrically controllable optical properties" was invented by Florence Jacques (Herzogenrath, Germany), Li-Ya Yeh (Herzogenrath, Germany) and Michael Labrot (Herzogenrath, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A functional element having electrically controllable optical properties with side edges includes first and second carrier films having first and second flat electrodes and an active layer arranged flat between the first and second flat electrodes. A first and a second bus bar are arranged on at least one first sid...