ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,300, issued on April 15, was assigned to Sabic Global Technologies B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).
"Photovoltaic element" was invented by Huibert Johan Van Den Heuvel (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Rick Robert Emilie Bercx (Herten, Netherlands), Roland Van Giesen (Nederweert, Netherlands), Robert Walter Venderbosch (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands), Henrica Norberta Alberta Maria Steenbakkers-Menting (Susteren, Netherlands), Maud Van Der Ven (Bingelrade, Netherlands) and Petya Dochkova Yaneva (Maastricht, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a photovoltaic module comprising (a) a front layer (1) arranged on t...