ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,520, issued on March 17.

"Solar cell module and solar energy power system with ice-dissolving function" was invented by Yaue-Sheng Chang (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar cell module and a solar energy power system with ice-dissolving function are disclosed. The solar cell module includes a substrate, a flexible lithium ceramic battery, a first bonding layer, a conductive heating film layer, a second bonding layer, several solar cells, a waterproof film layer, a third bonding layer, a highly transparent light-concentrating ETFE layer and a ring bonding wall. The invention stores part of the power generated by t...