ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,588, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to FRACSUN INC. (San Luis Obispo, Calif.).

"Solar devices and methods" was invented by Bryan Fisher (San Luis Obispo, Calif.), Catlin Mattheis (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) and Scott Lewis (San Luis Obispo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Photovoltaic array performance monitoring systems and methods are described herein. One embodiment of a photovoltaic array monitoring system according to the present disclosure can include a reference photovoltaic panel and an ambient photovoltaic panel, as well as a rechargeable power source. The monitoring system can further include an electrical unit configu...