ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,503, issued on April 14, was assigned to UVEX ARBEITSSCHUTZ GMBH (Furth, Germany).

"Goggle lens" was invented by Simon Jaschke (Burgthann, Germany), Marco Wacker (Wilhermsdorf, Germany), Florian Kuhnlein (Veitsbronn, Germany) and Martin Wolf (Ansbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A goggle lens comprises a main body and at least one transparent, electrically conductive coating that covers the main body at least partly, as well as electrical contact means which cover the at least one coating partly and are in electrical connection with the at least one coating and also form at least one electrical heating zone."

The patent ...