ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,337, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Commissariat a l'energie atomique et aux energies alternatives (Paris).

"Control circuitry of a microcontroller of a photovoltaic system without battery and associated method and devices" was invented by Mark Vervaart (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control circuit of a controller of a photovoltaic system is provided, the control circuit including an input, an output, a start unit consisting of a power dissipation circuit, a voltage regulation circuit and a comparator, a first switch having a position wherein the start unit is connected to the input and an inverse position, a...