ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,335, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

"Designable shingled photovoltaic module and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Chae Hwan Jeong (Gwangju, South Korea), Min Joon Park (Gwangju, South Korea), Hong Sub Jee (Gwangju, South Korea) and Jin Ho Song (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed invention provides a photovoltaic module with an improved electrode structure of a solar cell and having any of various shapes. The photovoltaic module includes electrode members each including a finger electrode and a busbar electrode on a fro...