B01J 19/127
Sunlight
Official title: {Sunlight; Visible light}
B01J19/127 (Sunlight) appears on 394 US grants and 464 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B01J- Granted patents
- 394
- Published applications
- 464
- Assignees
- 318
- Inventors
- 1,102
- Latest grant
- 15 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 9 | 0 |
| 1978 | 6 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 5 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 7 | 0 |
| 1983 | 3 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 8 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | 1 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 9 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 4 | 4 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10 |
| 2004 | 9 | 8 |
| 2005 | 3 | 13 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 10 |
| 2008 | 6 | 13 |
| 2009 | 2 | 12 |
| 2010 | 4 | 7 |
| 2011 | 6 | 26 |
| 2012 | 11 | 9 |
| 2013 | 11 | 27 |
| 2014 | 14 | 34 |
| 2015 | 22 | 32 |
| 2016 | 16 | 30 |
| 2017 | 27 | 28 |
| 2018 | 19 | 25 |
| 2019 | 27 | 31 |
| 2020 | 20 | 22 |
| 2021 | 16 | 22 |
| 2022 | 20 | 18 |
| 2023 | 10 | 27 |
| 2024 | 16 | 27 |
| 2025 | 10 | 14 |
| 2026 | 13 | 9 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Device for continuously producing hydrogen from polyester plastics by photocatalytic degradation15 Sep 2026US 12,734,500 B2Tianjin University
- Flexible artificial leaves for hydrogen production and methods for making4 Aug 2026US 12,697,599 B2King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Solar production of hydrogen using defect engineered boron-rich photocalysts30 Jun 2026US 12,668,487 B2University of Central Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
- Solar concentrator reactor for high temperature thermochemical processes23 Jun 2026US 12,661,624 B2Blueshift, LLC
- Composite material comprising pineapple peel carbon and oxygen-deficient black zinc oxide nanoparticles and a method of preparation thereof21 Apr 2026US 12,605,696 B1King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
- Photoreactor assembly24 Sep 2026US 2026/0284631 A1Signify Holding B. V.
- Pressure resistant light engine3 Sep 2026US 2026/0257190 A1Signify Holding B. V.
- A photoreactor assembly25 Jun 2026US 2026/0177213 A1Signify Holding B. V.
- Solar-Thermal Microfluidic Spinning Disc Reactor21 May 2026US 2026/0138114 A1National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
- Solar-thermal microjet array21 May 2026US 2026/0138116 A1National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
Most cited
By later US patents
- Photocatalytic oxidation of organics using a porous titanium dioxide membrane and an efficient oxidant86US 5,779,912 ALynntech, Inc. · 1998
- Process for high shear gas-liquid reactions79US 6,742,774 B2Holl Technologies Company · 2004
- Plasmon photocatalysis79US 7,426,322 B2Searete LLC · 2008
- Solar-thermal fluid-wall reaction processing75US 7,033,570 B2Midwest Research Institute · 2006
- Methods and apparatus for materials processing69US 6,752,529 B2Holl Technologies Company · 2004