ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,671, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"System and methods for thermoelectric air cooling and heating" was invented by Kashif Irshad (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Salem Algarni (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Hasan Zahir (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and methods for photovoltaic phase change material assisted thermoelectric air cooling and heating of a building includes a photovoltaic phase change material wall unit which is cooled by absorption of heat by a phase change material attached to the photovoltaic wall unit; a photovoltaic phas...