ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,544, issued on July 14.

"Solar panel having zigzag-oriented solar modules" was invented by Pablo Manuel Lopez (Celebration, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar panel with zigzag-oriented solar module pairs for maximizing solar power generation is disclosed. Each solar module has two solar modules oriented relative to each other so that their respective photovoltaic sides define an approximately twenty-degree angle. Each solar panel may have a series of photovoltaic sides where each adjacent photovoltaic sides are interconnected by an intermediate portion that is flexible to move from a flat condition to a folded condition tha...