ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,424, issued on July 22, was assigned to Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Duesseldorf, Germany).

"Coating of solar panel backside" was invented by Barbara Mukai (Erlangen, Germany), Michael Steinbach (Bobingen, Germany) and Josef Mitterbauer (Bogen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is directed to a method of repairing a solar panel backside, to a repaired solar panel backside thusly obtainable, and to the use of a curable composition for the repairing of a solar panel backside comprising at least one site in need of repair."

The patent was filed on May 5, 2023, under Application No. 18/312,649.

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