ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,387, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Solar power generation system" was invented by Nahit Emanet (East Greenwich, R.I.), Oezguer Aksoy (East Greenwich, R.I.), Mustafa Mihmanli (East Greenwich, R.I.), Takahiro Takeyama (Kyoto, Japan), Ryo Ogura (Kyoto, Japan), Jeongho Baik (Kyoto, Japan), Jun Nakaichi (Kyoto, Japan), Tsuyoshi Uchida (Hoffman Estates, Ill.), Tomoko Endo (Hoffman Estates, Ill.) and Erica Martin (Hoffman Estates, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar power generation system includes a string, an inverter, and a plurality of shut-off devices. The string includes a plurality of solar cel...