US Patent Issued to The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte on March 25 for "Sustainable curtain wall" (North Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,545, issued on March 25, was assigned to The University Of North Carolina At Charlotte (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Sustainable curtain wall" was invented by Kyoung Hee Kim (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A microalgae curtain wall includes photobioreactors, an interior glass panel, an exterior glass panel, and transoms. The photobioreactors are adapted to receive sunlight and carbon dioxide to grow microalgae received therein. The exterior glass panel is offset from the interior glass panel forming a gap therebetween. The transoms hold the interior glass panel and the exterior glass panel therebetween. The transoms suspend th...