ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,703, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to POWERGLAX S.R.L. (Vallelaghi, Italy).

"Photovoltaic system" was invented by Michele Tonezzer (Altopiano della Vigolana, Italy), Donato Vincenzi (Ferrara, Italy), Paolo Decarli (Vallelaghi, Italy) and Paolo Bernardoni (Ferrara, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described is a flexible composite strip including a flexible printed circuit comprising at least a first and a second conductor track, a plurality of groups of photovoltaic cells being connected in parallel to said first and second tracks for supplying them; the composite strip comprises a plurality of soldering pads at which the first a...