ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,730, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to WON KWANG S&T Co. LTD. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Solar panel cutting unit" was invented by Sang Hun Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Jun Kee Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Tae Eun Lee (Incheon, South Korea) and Cheong Min Noh (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar panel cutting unit according to an embodiment can separate layers of a solar panel from each other at once. The solar panel cutting unit separates thin layers of a solar panel from each other and includes a frame, a panel transporting mechanism that is provided at the frame and lowers the solar panel in a vertical direction...