ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,428, issued on July 22, was assigned to VON ARDENNE Asset GmbH & Co. KG (Dresden, Germany).

"Method of forming transparent layers for a solar cell" was invented by Martin Dimer (Dresden, Germany) and Uwe Graupner (Dresden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for processing a solar cell precursor. The processing may include forming a transparent, electrically conductive first layer over the solar cell precursor. The processing may also include forming a transparent, electrically conductive second layer over the solar cell precursor, preferably in physical contact with the first lay...