It was during the early 1970s when Dr. Frank Werner (who at the time owned and operated an aircraft instrumentation engineering company, called Rosemount Engineering) decided to exit the corporate world to focus solely on his strong passion for creating inventions. Werner, who had invented and patented the first Rosemount fitted buckle ski boots, founded Origin, Inc. a testing laboratory and commercial-physical research company in Wyoming. After having three windshields replaced due to small breaks caused from the rough terrain of the Wyoming landscape, Werner felt he needed to find a solution to fix breaks without having to dispose of the entire windshield. The combination of his curiosity, driven determination and help from chemical engineer Bill Wiele led to the discovery of windshield repair. In 1972, Dr. Werner partnered with Gerald Keinath and they aquired the patent rights for windshield repair. Together they strategically designed the business plan that would bring windshield repair to the general market for the first time. It started as a business called Keinath Incorporated and it was located in the basement of his home. The name of the business was soon changed to NOVUS the Latin word for new or innovative and, in 1985, NOVUS Glass became a full-fledged franchise company. For over 40 years, NOVUS has remained the industry's research and development pioneer. In fact, NOVUS has been awarded more U.S. Patents for windshield repair than the rest of the windshield repair industry combined. With the addition of NOVUS high quality, fully guaranteed windshield and auto glass replacement and other diversified services, NOVUS is able to support all consumer glass service needs. Our Goal. Windshield Repair. Windshield Replacement. Truck Bed Liners. SRP Scratch Remova. Plastic Polish. Headlight Saver Program. Wiper Blade Replacement