ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,988, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE (Thourotte, France).
"Composite pane having electrically controllable optical properties" was invented by Michael Labrot (Aachen, Germany), Adil Jaafar (Margny-les-Compiegne, France), Amaury Patissier (Bourg-la-Reine, France) and Laurent Maillaud (Massy, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite pane includes outer and inner panes joined via an intermediate layer, an electrochromic functional element with electrically controllable optical properties within the intermediate layer, wherein the total solar energy transmittance in the darkened state is higher t...