ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,972, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

"High-power shingled photovoltaic string controllable in length and width and method for manufacturing module thereof" was invented by Chae Hwan Jeong (Gwangju, South Korea), Min Joon Park (Gwangju, South Korea), Sung Min Youn (Gwangju, South Korea), Jin Ho Song (Gwangju, South Korea), Dae Han Moon (Gwangju, South Korea), Tae Wung Jeong (Gwangyang-si, South Korea) and Han Jun Kim (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a high-power shingled photovoltaic string controllable in length and width and a ...