H10F 19/33
Patterning processes to connect the photovoltaic cells
Official title: Patterning processes to connect the photovoltaic cells, e.g. laser cutting of conductive or active layers
H10F19/33 (Patterning processes to connect the photovoltaic cells) appears on 344 US grants and 526 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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By later US patents
- Method and apparatus for laser scribing glass sheet substrate coatings184US 6,919,530 B2First Solar, Inc. · 2005
- Thin-film, flexible photovoltaic module165US 6,310,281 B1Global Solar Energy, Inc. · 2001
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- Monolithic integration of cylindrical solar cells158US 7,235,736 B1Solyndra, Inc. · 2007
- Producing thin film photovoltaic modules with high integrity interconnects and dual layer contacts153US 6,288,325 B1BP Corporation North America Inc. · 2001