US Patent Issued to Vitro Flat Glass on Aug. 4 for "Window unit for reducing bird collisions and methods of making the same" (Pennsylvania, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,894, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Vitro Flat Glass LLC (Cheswick, Pa.).

"Window unit for reducing bird collisions and methods of making the same" was invented by Jessica Smith (Cheswick, Pa.) and Neil Curliss (Salem, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coated article includes a substrate comprising a first side comprising a first surface and a second side comprising a second surface, wherein the second surface is opposite the first surface and a functional coating positioned over at least a portion of the second side. The functional coating includes a base layer positioned over at least a portion of the second surface, wherein ...