US Patent Issued to THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION, B.G. NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS, AT BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY on June 30 for "Compact concentrator for microscale space photovoltaic systems" (American, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,384, issued on June 30, was assigned to THE PENN STATE RESEARCH FOUNDATION (University Park, Pa.) and B.G. NEGEV TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS LTD., AT BEN-GURION UNIVERSITY (Beer-Sheve, Israel).

"Compact concentrator for microscale space photovoltaic systems" was invented by Jeffrey Gordon (Midreshet Ben-Gurion, Israel), Christian Ruud (State College, Pa.) and Noel C. Giebink (State College, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary' embodiment of the present disclosure provides a device for concentrating light and methods of making and using such device. The device comprising a substantially cone-shaped optical body comprisin...