H02S 40/38
Energy storage means
Official title: Energy storage means, e.g. batteries, structurally associated with PV modules
H02S40/38 (Energy storage means) appears on 1,078 US grants and 1,555 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H02S- Granted patents
- 1,078
- Published applications
- 1,555
- Assignees
- 725
- Inventors
- 2,777
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 0 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1988 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 |
| 1995 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 6 | 0 |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 6 | 0 |
| 2000 | 5 | 0 |
| 2001 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 7 | 9 |
| 2003 | 6 | 5 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9 |
| 2005 | 3 | 15 |
| 2006 | 2 | 21 |
| 2007 | 4 | 14 |
| 2008 | 3 | 14 |
| 2009 | 2 | 29 |
| 2010 | 8 | 31 |
| 2011 | 10 | 35 |
| 2012 | 14 | 32 |
| 2013 | 16 | 28 |
| 2014 | 23 | 45 |
| 2015 | 18 | 44 |
| 2016 | 27 | 76 |
| 2017 | 46 | 115 |
| 2018 | 74 | 135 |
| 2019 | 115 | 176 |
| 2020 | 114 | 130 |
| 2021 | 104 | 127 |
| 2022 | 109 | 123 |
| 2023 | 90 | 94 |
| 2024 | 100 | 89 |
| 2025 | 85 | 100 |
| 2026 | 44 | 59 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
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