ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,375,029, issued on July 29, was assigned to NANTONG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Nantong, China).

"Floating photovoltaic platform system for improving ocean adaptability" was invented by Zhe Zhang (Jiangsu, China) and Zhilong Zhou (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a floating photovoltaic platform system for improving ocean adaptability, including a photovoltaic platform. A plurality of peripheral floating shells are arranged below edges of the photovoltaic platform, a central floating shell is arranged below the photovoltaic platform, and the plurality of peripheral floating shells are distributed...