H10F 10/162
Comprising only group ii-vi materials
Official title: comprising only Group II-VI materials, e.g. CdS/CdTe photovoltaic cells
H10F10/162 (Comprising only group ii-vi materials) appears on 325 US grants and 491 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 325
- Published applications
- 491
- Assignees
- 156
- Inventors
- 719
- Latest grant
- 21 Jul 2026
Filings by year
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| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
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| 2002 | 2 | 5 |
| 2003 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4 |
| 2008 | 2 | 12 |
| 2009 | 1 | 16 |
| 2010 | 4 | 31 |
| 2011 | 15 | 63 |
| 2012 | 27 | 74 |
| 2013 | 19 | 48 |
| 2014 | 24 | 61 |
| 2015 | 26 | 30 |
| 2016 | 35 | 25 |
| 2017 | 16 | 22 |
| 2018 | 18 | 5 |
| 2019 | 8 | 13 |
| 2020 | 10 | 12 |
| 2021 | 7 | 14 |
| 2022 | 6 | 12 |
| 2023 | 7 | 5 |
| 2024 | 11 | 8 |
| 2025 | 9 | 12 |
| 2026 | 5 | 3 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Metal oxynitride back contact layers for photovoltaic devices21 Jul 2026US 12,690,278 B2First Solar, Inc.
- Photovoltaic devices including an interfacial layer24 Mar 2026US 12,588,297 B2First Solar, Inc.
- Method for activating an absorber layer of a thin-film solar cell24 Feb 2026US 12,563,845 B2China Triumph International Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Photovoltaic device including a p-n junction and method of manufacturing24 Feb 2026US 12,563,857 B2First Solar, Inc.
- Photovoltaic devices and method of manufacturing6 Jan 2026US 12,520,599 B2First Solar, Inc.
- Tandem solar cell, manufacturing method thereof, and photovoltaic module16 Jul 2026US 2026/0206328 A1Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
- Metal Oxynitride Back Contact Layers for Photovoltaic Devices18 Jun 2026US 2026/0173547 A1First Solar, Inc.
- Method for manufacturing a copper-free CdTe based thin film solar cell device26 Mar 2026US 2026/0090130 A1China Triumph International Engineering Co., Ltd.
- Hole contact for electronic and optoelectronic devices4 Dec 2025US 2025/0374685 A1Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- Semitransparent photovolaic module and method of making the same30 Oct 2025US 2025/0338636 A1Toledo Solar Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of preparing a semiconductor layer for an optical transforming device540US 5,920,798 AMatsushita Battery Industrial Co., Ltd. · 1999
- Photovoltaic cell having a p-type polycrystalline layer with large crystals176US 5,501,744 APhoton Energy, Inc. · 1996
- Photovoltaic device162US 5,738,731 ACrystal Device Corporation · 1998
- Photovoltaic cell and method155US 5,261,968 APhoton Energy, Inc. · 1993
- Device enclosures and devices with integrated battery119US 6,986,965 B2Cymbet Corporation · 2006