C25D 7/126
For solar cells
Official title: {for solar cells}
C25D7/126 (For solar cells) appears on 78 US grants and 124 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C25D- Granted patents
- 78
- Published applications
- 124
- Assignees
- 70
- Inventors
- 252
- Latest grant
- 14 Apr 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 12 |
| 2010 | 2 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 | 12 |
| 2012 | 4 | 12 |
| 2013 | 4 | 13 |
| 2014 | 4 | 16 |
| 2015 | 5 | 8 |
| 2016 | 16 | 10 |
| 2017 | 5 | 11 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3 |
| 2019 | 6 | 7 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Solar cells formed via aluminum electroplating14 Apr 2026US 12,604,560 B2Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- Manufacturing method and apparatus for electronic component8 Jul 2025US 12,351,934 B2Suzhou Maxwell Technologies Co., Ltd.
- Method for manufacturing solar cell, solar module, and power generation system15 Apr 2025US 12,278,306 B2Solarlab Aiko Europe GmbH
- Dual wafer plating fixture for a continuous plating line2 Jul 2024US 12,024,785 B2Maxeon Solar Pte. Ltd.
- Solar cells formed via aluminum electroplating20 Jun 2023US 11,682,739 B2Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- Solar cells formed via aluminum electroplating12 Mar 2026US 2026/0075980 A1
- Method for depositing a metallic material on a surface of at least one substrate22 Jan 2026US 2026/0022487 A1Sundrive Solar Pty Ltd
- Method and apparatus for electroplating solar cell precursor3 Jul 2025US 2025/0215601 A1Suzhou Sunwell New Energy Co., Ltd.
- Method of fabricating a catalyst on a substrate19 Dec 2024US 2024/0417872 A1The Australian National University
- Manufacturing method and apparatus for electronic component1 Aug 2024US 2024/0254646 A1Suzhou Maxwell Technologies Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of electro-coating a semiconductor device120US 4,507,181 AEnergy Conversion Devices, Inc. · 1985
- Electroplating method20US 4,251,327 AMotorola, Inc. · 1981
- Apparatus for advanced packaging applications20US 9,449,808 B2Novellus Systems, Inc. · 2016
- Dendritic metal structures, methods for making dendritic metal structures, and devices including them19US 8,999,819 B2Arizona Board of Regents, A Body Corporate of the State of Arizona Acting for and On Behalf of Arizona State University · 2015
- Methods for electroless plating of a solar cell metallization layer19US 9,293,624 B2SunPower Corporation · 2016