ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,392, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method for generating solar electrical energy in a marine environment" was invented by Shafiqur Rehman Hafez Waliullah (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Kashif Irshad (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Mohamed A. Mohandes (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Ali Ahmad Al-Shaikhi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floating solar photovoltaic system and a method for cooling a back surface of a photovoltaic panel are described. The floating solar photovoltaic system includes a rectangular float having a divided top platform and four...