ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,273, issued on May 27, was assigned to Watershed Geosynthetics LLC (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Solar energy system for use with tufted geosynthetics" was invented by Jose Urrutia (Suwanee, Ga.), Michael R Ayers (Johns Creek, Ga.), Michael Lucini (Somerville, Mass.) and Gregory Lucini (Berkley, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar energy system for use with tufted geosynthetics on a substantially flat surface having a racking structure with bases and attachments for frictional seating to a tufted geosynthetic ground cover system, a bifacial solar panel mounted to the racking system and electrically connected to a connection box for co...