H10F 10/10
Individual photovoltaic cells: having potential barriers
Official title: having potential barriers
H10F10/10 (Individual photovoltaic cells: having potential barriers) appears on 6,186 US grants and 8,710 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 6,186
- Published applications
- 8,710
- Assignees
- 1,802
- Inventors
- 11,135
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 19 | 0 |
| 1977 | 31 | 0 |
| 1978 | 36 | 0 |
| 1979 | 36 | 0 |
| 1980 | 32 | 0 |
| 1981 | 40 | 0 |
| 1982 | 39 | 0 |
| 1983 | 42 | 0 |
| 1984 | 34 | 0 |
| 1985 | 50 | 0 |
| 1986 | 60 | 0 |
| 1987 | 63 | 0 |
| 1988 | 47 | 0 |
| 1989 | 47 | 0 |
| 1990 | 41 | 0 |
| 1991 | 46 | 0 |
| 1992 | 39 | 0 |
| 1993 | 38 | 0 |
| 1994 | 38 | 0 |
| 1995 | 45 | 0 |
| 1996 | 44 | 0 |
| 1997 | 29 | 0 |
| 1998 | 37 | 0 |
| 1999 | 46 | 0 |
| 2000 | 71 | 0 |
| 2001 | 79 | 27 |
| 2002 | 61 | 69 |
| 2003 | 49 | 58 |
| 2004 | 46 | 61 |
| 2005 | 32 | 94 |
| 2006 | 48 | 75 |
| 2007 | 32 | 114 |
| 2008 | 30 | 216 |
| 2009 | 44 | 337 |
| 2010 | 111 | 594 |
| 2011 | 200 | 743 |
| 2012 | 285 | 818 |
| 2013 | 298 | 711 |
| 2014 | 446 | 712 |
| 2015 | 453 | 663 |
| 2016 | 427 | 547 |
| 2017 | 369 | 425 |
| 2018 | 343 | 387 |
| 2019 | 309 | 338 |
| 2020 | 288 | 291 |
| 2021 | 226 | 216 |
| 2022 | 216 | 219 |
| 2023 | 180 | 205 |
| 2024 | 196 | 295 |
| 2025 | 198 | 270 |
| 2026 | 170 | 225 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- H10F 10/16Photovoltaic cells having only pn heterojunction potential barriers2,924
- H10F 10/14Photovoltaic cells having only pn homojunction potential barriers2,746
- H10F 10/17Photovoltaic cells having only pin junction potential barriers1,168
- H10F 10/19Photovoltaic cells having multiple potential barriers of different types292
- H10F 10/18Photovoltaic cells having only schottky potential barriers172
- H10F 10/13Photovoltaic cells having absorbing layers comprising graded bandgaps149
- H10F 10/12Photovoltaic cells having only metal-insulator-semiconductor [mis] potential barriers87
- H10F 10/11Photovoltaic cells having point contact potential barriers56
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