ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,841, issued on April 22, was assigned to BAOSHAN IRON & STEEL Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Coated steel plate suitable for inline thin-film photovoltaic module and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Wenqi Fang (Shanghai), Zhaohui Qiao (Shanghai) and Yigang Dai (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a coated steel plate suitable for an inline thin-film photovoltaic module, comprising a steel substrate and a composite insulating layer on the surface of the steel substrate. The composite insulating layer comprises an insulating base layer and a laser scribing buffer layer; one side of the insulating ...