H02S 40/32
Comprising dc/ac inverter means associated with the pv module itself
Official title: comprising DC/AC inverter means associated with the PV module itself, e.g. AC modules
H02S40/32 (Comprising dc/ac inverter means associated with the pv module itself) appears on 899 US grants and 1,252 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H02S- Granted patents
- 899
- Published applications
- 1,252
- Assignees
- 472
- Inventors
- 2,037
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
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| 2002 | 0 | 6 |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2005 | 4 | 1 |
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| 2008 | 0 | 10 |
| 2009 | 1 | 13 |
| 2010 | 7 | 36 |
| 2011 | 3 | 41 |
| 2012 | 16 | 32 |
| 2013 | 21 | 25 |
| 2014 | 18 | 37 |
| 2015 | 24 | 71 |
| 2016 | 35 | 82 |
| 2017 | 40 | 100 |
| 2018 | 65 | 111 |
| 2019 | 97 | 109 |
| 2020 | 81 | 101 |
| 2021 | 111 | 79 |
| 2022 | 74 | 102 |
| 2023 | 67 | 80 |
| 2024 | 104 | 87 |
| 2025 | 71 | 70 |
| 2026 | 44 | 49 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Power converter integrated solar cell module288US 6,593,521 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2003
- Solar battery module and power generation apparatus231US 6,838,611 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2005
- Photovoltaic power generating apparatus, method of producing same and photovoltaic power generating system228US 6,966,184 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2005