Patent ID: 8164818

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an electrochromic window unit, the method comprising: (a) fabricating an electrochromic device on a non-tempered glass sheet; (b) defining a cutting pattern for cutting the non-tempered glass sheet in order to create one or more electrochromic window panes, said cutting pattern defined, at least in part, by characterizing one or more physical features of the non-tempered glass sheet and/or electrochromic device after fabrication of the electrochromic device; (c) cutting the non-tempered glass sheet according to the cutting pattern to create said one or more electrochromic window panes, including a first electrochromic window pane; (d) fabricating an insulated glass unit (IGU) comprising the first electrochromic window pane; and then (e) strengthening the first electrochromic window pane by laminating a second pane to the first electrochromic window pane of the IGU previously fabricated in (d).