Suntech and Patents Pending

Suntech has one patent pending in the USPTO Planar resistance heating element and manufacturing method.  Filed in 2005

Selective Emitter Patents

There are 21 patents pending in the USPTO with the words ‘selective’, ’emitter’ and ‘solar’ in the claims Soltaix has three of these patents including: Three-Dimensional Thin-Film Solar Cells Pyramidal Three-Dimensional Thin-Film Solar Cells Methods for Manufacturing Three-Dimensional Thin-Film Solar Cells   Related articles Solar Cells that See Red (technologyreview.com) ‘Cling-film’ method to make cheaper, […]

Epir Technologies

Epir Technologies has five patents pending in the USPTO.  They include: Nonequilibrium photodetectors with single carrier species barriers Automated chemical polishing system adapted for soft semiconductor materials

Applied Materials and Patents

There are 2125 patents pending in the USPTO with Applied Materials listed as the inventor or assignee.  Some of the patents include: Thin Film Scribe Process Scribe Process Monitoring Methodology Textured Chamber Surface Laser Material Removal Methods and Apparatus Method and Apparatus for Measuring Object Thickness Enhanced Magnetic Shielding for Plasma-Based Semiconductor Processing Tool   […]

Nanosolar’s Patents

Nanosolar has 57 approved patents in the USPTO and 36 patents pending in the USPTO including: Methods and Devices for Large-Scale Solar Installations Related articles Nanosolar’s Road Map to 1 GW of Solar (via GigaOM) (thespiritportal.wordpress.com) Nanosolar Announces New Efficiency Benchmarks and Industry … (nanowerk.com) Nano solar Price Barrier Breakthrough Makes Solar Electricity Cheaper than […]

Suniva’s Patents Pending

Suniva has three patents pending in the USPTO including: Method for making solar cell having crystalline silicon…. Solar cell having crystalline silicon… Solar module with solar cell having crystalline silicon…. Related Articles Suniva Making 19% Efficiency Solar Cells in the U.S. (greentechmedia.com) New Plastic Technologies Shine in Solar Power (plasticsengineeringblog.com) Nanosolar lands big orders for […]

First Solar Has 21 Patents Pending in the US

First Solar Has 21 Patents Pending in the US including one for Coated Substrates and Semiconductor Devices Including the Substrates