ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,089, issued on June 3.

"Renewable energy generating cladding" was invented by Zev Laine (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Simon Arzouan (Boca Raton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to renewable energy generation and, more particularly, to a cladding system that generates energy from renewable sources. The cladding system comprises, inter alia, a single and/or plurality of renewable energy generating units, such as solar panels, mounted on or integrated into a building's exterior cladding. The renewable energy generating unit(s) are connected to an energy storage system and/or the building's electrical grid, so that the ...