ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,221, issued on April 15, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Method for disassembling a photovoltaic module and associated installation" was invented by Fabrice Coustier (Chambery, France), Paul Messaoudi (Saint-Alban Leysse, France), Marion Serasset (Saint Paul sur Yenne, France) and Nicolas Velet (Vezeronce-Curtin, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photovoltaic module includes a first protective element, a second protective element, photovoltaic cells that are located between the first protective element and the second protective element, an envelope in which the photovoltai...