ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,842, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to WEBASTO SE (Stockdorf, Germany).

"Vehicle pane having a liquid crystal arrangement and a method for producing a vehicle pane having a liquid crystal arrangement" was invented by Jean-Baptiste Pouillon (Stockdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle pane includes a liquid crystal arrangement having a liquid crystal layer and first and second carrier films having, respectively, first and second electrode layers. In a first panel section, the first carrier film is free of the liquid crystal layer and the second carrier film, the first carrier film forming a first contact area with the...