ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,621, issued on March 24, was assigned to THE BOEING COMPANY (Arlington, Va.).

"Debris barrier for aircraft window assembly and method" was invented by David Ted Martini (Marysville, Wash.) and Terry Douglas Rushing (Marysville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aircraft window barrier and aircraft window assembly including the aircraft window barrier for impeding debris entry into aircraft multi-pane windows during aircraft construction, aircraft storage, and non-flight aircraft phases, and methods for installing the aircraft window barrier and forming the aircraft window assembly are disclosed."

The patent was filed on March...