US Patent Issued to Vitro Flat Glass on May 12 for "Solar control coating with high solar heat gain coefficient" (Pennsylvania Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,959, issued on May 12, was assigned to Vitro Flat Glass LLC (Cheswick, Pa.).

"Solar control coating with high solar heat gain coefficient" was invented by Andrew V. Wagner (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coating provides a high solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) and a low overall heat transfer coefficient (U-value) to trap and retain solar heat. The coating and coated article are particularly useful for use in architectural transparencies in northern climates. The coating includes a first dielectric layer; a continuous metallic layer formed over at least a portion of the first dielectric layer, the metallic layer having a...