H02S 50/15
Using optical means
Official title: using optical means, e.g. using electroluminescence
H02S50/15 (Using optical means) appears on 206 US grants and 289 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H02S- Granted patents
- 206
- Published applications
- 289
- Assignees
- 199
- Inventors
- 686
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2012 | 1 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015 | 7 | 20 |
| 2016 | 8 | 18 |
| 2017 | 15 | 16 |
| 2018 | 13 | 28 |
| 2019 | 22 | 21 |
| 2020 | 16 | 16 |
| 2021 | 18 | 22 |
| 2022 | 17 | 22 |
| 2023 | 17 | 31 |
| 2024 | 22 | 27 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 |
| 2026 | 15 | 19 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Sensors and methods for monitoring soiling on monofacial and bifacial photovoltaic panels11 Aug 2026US 12,706,567 B2Campbell Scientific, Inc.
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- Lamp monitoring and control system and method10 Sep 2026US 2026/0271166 A1
- Methods and systems for solar tracker optimization via aerial image analysis3 Sep 2026US 2026/0261239 A1
- Optical transmission measuring device and method of measurement13 Aug 2026US 2026/0235513 A1Hukseflux Holding B.V.
- System and method for detecting bright spots in photo-voltaic solar panel30 Jul 2026US 2026/0220753 A1Jio Platforms Limited
Most cited
By later US patents
- Systems and methods for an enhanced watchdog in solar module installations201US 8,933,321 B2Tigo Energy, Inc. · 2015
- Battery power supply device characteristic measuring apparatus and measuring method150US 5,955,885 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999
- Redundant electrical architecture for photovoltaic modules25US 8,933,320 B2Tenksolar, Inc. · 2015
- Flash testing of photovoltaic modules with integrated electronics25US 8,988,096 B1SunPower Corporation · 2015
- Redundant electrical architecture for photovoltaic modules21US 9,768,725 B2Tenksolar, Inc. · 2017