ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,627, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE (Thourotte, France).

"Composite pane with opaque masking region and partially transparent reflective coating" was invented by Juliette Pascale Jamart (Compiegne, France) and Florence Jacques (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite pane includes an outer pane and an inner pane, which are connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, wherein the composite pane has an opaque masking region and a transparent see-through region, wherein the intermediate layer has a functional element which covers the entire see-through region, wherei...