Solyndra and Patents

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Solyndra has the following patents in the USPTO:

• Method of depositing materials on a non-planar surface
• Bifacial elongated solar cell devices with internal reflectors
• Interconnects for solar cell devices
• Monalithic integration of cylindrical solar cells
• Bifacial elongated solar cell devices

Solyndra has seventeen patents pending in the USPTO, including:

• Method of depositing materials on a non-planar surface
• Three-legged solar cell support assembly
• Real time process monitoring and control for semiconductor junctions

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