H10F 10/1425
Inverted metamorphic multi-junction [imm] photovoltaic cells
Official title: {Inverted metamorphic multi-junction [IMM] photovoltaic cells}
H10F10/1425 (Inverted metamorphic multi-junction [imm] photovoltaic cells) appears on 187 US grants and 273 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 187
- Published applications
- 273
- Assignees
- 70
- Inventors
- 282
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 |
| 2009 | 0 | 17 |
| 2010 | 4 | 26 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11 |
| 2012 | 7 | 22 |
| 2013 | 9 | 24 |
| 2014 | 12 | 29 |
| 2015 | 22 | 30 |
| 2016 | 12 | 13 |
| 2017 | 14 | 16 |
| 2018 | 13 | 15 |
| 2019 | 12 | 5 |
| 2020 | 19 | 18 |
| 2021 | 16 | 14 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9 |
| 2023 | 11 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 |
| 2026 | 2 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Use of a low bandgap absorber region in a laser power converter29 Sep 2026US 12,751,093 B2The Boeing Company
- High efficiency tandem solar cells and a method for fabricating same10 Feb 2026US 12,550,457 B2
- Use of a low bandgap absorber region in a laser power converter11 Mar 2025US 12,249,666 B2The Boeing Company
- Space vehicles including multijunction metamorphic solar cells11 Mar 2025US 12,249,667 B2SolAero Technologies Corp.
- Multijunction solar cells28 Jan 2025US 12,211,948 B1SolAero Technologies Corp.
- Inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells having a permanent supporting substrate2 Jul 2026US 2026/0190504 A1SolAero Technologies Corp.
- Automated assembly methods for fabricating space vehicles28 May 2026US 2026/0150431 A1SolAero Technologies Corp.
- Use of a low bandgap absorber region in a laser power converter10 Jul 2025US 2025/0228013 A1The Boeing Company
- Inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells having a permanent supporting substrate11 Jul 2024US 2024/0234611 A1SolAero Technologies Corp.
- Inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells for space applications22 Jun 2023US 2023/0197878 A1SolAero Technologies Corp.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of fabricating epitaxial structures827US 8,455,290 B2Masimo Semiconductor, Inc. · 2013
- Solar cell having an integral monolithically grown bypass diode208US 6,600,100 B2Emcore Corporation · 2003
- Multijunction photovoltaic cells and panels using a silicon or silicon-germanium active substrate cell for space and terrestrial applications199US 6,340,788 B12002
- High efficiency, monolithic multijunction solar cells containing lattice-mismatched materials and methods of forming same181US 6,951,819 B2Blue Photonics, Inc. · 2005
- Solar cell having an integral monolithically grown bypass diode91US 6,278,054 B1Tecstar Power Systems, Inc. · 2001