H02S 40/22
Light-reflecting or light-concentrating means
Official title: Light-reflecting or light-concentrating means (directly associated with the PV cell or integrated with the PV cell H10F77/42)
H02S40/22 (Light-reflecting or light-concentrating means) appears on 737 US grants and 1,246 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H02S- Granted patents
- 737
- Published applications
- 1,246
- Assignees
- 494
- Inventors
- 1,881
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 1 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 1 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 3 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 |
| 2008 | 3 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 26 |
| 2010 | 3 | 31 |
| 2011 | 8 | 41 |
| 2012 | 9 | 43 |
| 2013 | 17 | 26 |
| 2014 | 18 | 64 |
| 2015 | 21 | 88 |
| 2016 | 29 | 84 |
| 2017 | 49 | 96 |
| 2018 | 67 | 82 |
| 2019 | 65 | 84 |
| 2020 | 57 | 84 |
| 2021 | 56 | 74 |
| 2022 | 45 | 78 |
| 2023 | 41 | 77 |
| 2024 | 83 | 94 |
| 2025 | 96 | 100 |
| 2026 | 50 | 53 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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