US Patent Issued to University of Cincinnati, Crown Electrokinetics on Feb. 24 for "Two particle electrophoretic laminate for use with smart windows with reduced diffraction" (Oregon, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,024, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati) and Crown Electrokinetics Corp. (Corvallis, Ore.).

"Two particle electrophoretic laminate for use with smart windows with reduced diffraction" was invented by Tim R. Koch (Albany, Ore.), Jason C. Heikenfeld (Cincinnati) and Sayantika Mukherjee (Forest Grove, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminate which can serve as either a smart window or a smart mirror is formed using first and second substrates coated with transparent first and second electrodes which are separated by foraminous layer and a third grid-like linear electrode insulated from the firs...