ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,567, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Campbell Scientific Inc. (Logan, Utah).

"Sensors and methods for monitoring soiling on monofacial and bifacial photovoltaic panels" was invented by Ajay Singh (Logan, Utah), James Richards (Shepshed, Great Britain), Kris K. Payne (Paradise, Utah), Mathew Ayres (Shepshed, Great Britain), Troy Forbush (Smithfield, Utah), David Jerrison (Shepshed, Great Britain), Craig Christensen (Logan, Utah), Josh Anderson (Logan, Utah), Derek Jones (Nibley, Utah) and Todd Campbell (Logan, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for monitoring soiling of one or more photovoltaic (PV) modules. A ...