ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,634, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Teh Yor Co. Ltd. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Window shade and panel assembly thereof" was invented by Chin-Tien Huang (New Taipei City, Taiwan) and Chien-Fong Huang (City of Industry, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel assembly for a window shade includes two elongate strips made of a single material layer that are bonded to a support sheet having a multilayer structure. Each elongate strip has a first and a second edge, and a main strip portion between a first and a second margin, the first and second margin respectively adjoining the main strip portion along a first and a second fo...