ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,649, issued on April 21, was assigned to Korea Institute of Science and Technology (Seoul, South Korea).

"Three-dimensional solar power generation system for smart farms" was invented by Byoung Koun Min (Seoul, South Korea), Phillip Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Taehee Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Je Hyeong Jung (Gangneung-si, South Korea), Suk Joon Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Young Rag Do (Seoul, South Korea) and Chan Woo Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The existing solar power generation panel installed on the roof of a smart farm has problems that an amount of light transmitted into the greenhouse is significantly...