ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,166, issued on May 13.
"Plant-shaped solar energy collector" was invented by Thach Trong Nguyen (West Delray Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plant-shaped solar energy collector including a tree assembly and a solar cell assembly. The tree assembly includes a plurality of trunk members, a plurality of branch members, and a plurality of twig members. Each trunk member of the plurality of trunk members are electrically and removably connected one to each other. The plurality of branch members are electrically and removably connected to the plurality of trunk members. The plurality of twig members are electrically and remova...