ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,054, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ECOPROGETTI S.R.L. (Carmignano di Brenta, Italy).

"Solar simulator apparatus" was invented by Domenico Sartore (Carmignano di Brenta, Italy), Eugenio Gonzato (Carmignano di Brenta, Italy), Federico Quartiani (Grantorto, Italy) and Fabio Nichele (Tezze sul Brenta, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar simulator apparatus to perform a test on at least one object including a containing structure having an internal operating space in which there is defined an irradiation chamber equipped with a lighting unit; a rest plane associated with said containing structure and configured to support sa...