ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,581,749, issued on March 17, was assigned to ZHEJIANG JINKO SOLAR Co. LTD. (Haining, China) and JINKO SOLAR Co. LTD. (Jiangxi, China).

"Photovoltaic module and method for manufacturing photovoltaic module" was invented by Zhiqiu Guo (Haining, China), Liqin Liu (Haining, China), Chi Zhang (Haining, China), Shiliang Huang (Haining, China) and Guohui Hao (Haining, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photovoltaic module and a method for manufacturing the photovoltaic module are provided. A respective solar cell has a front surface and a rear surface opposite to the front surface, each of which has a plurality of electrodes formed thereon...