H10F 71/138
Manufacture of transparent electrodes
Official title: {Manufacture of transparent electrodes, e.g. transparent conductive oxides [TCO] or indium tin oxide [ITO] electrodes}
H10F71/138 (Manufacture of transparent electrodes) appears on 1,096 US grants and 1,534 published applications in this corpus.
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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- Quantum-particle cell with patterned transparent conductive oxides11 Aug 2026US 12,707,754 B2ColdQuanta, Inc.
- Photoelectric conversion element, method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion element, solar cell module, and paddle21 Jul 2026US 12,690,290 B2Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
- Transparent solar cell for an electronic device and method for manufacturing said solar cell23 Jun 2026US 12,666,751 B2Nivarox-FAR S. A.
- Tco coating method, tco coating device, and solar cell and preparation method therefor8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314105 A1Tongwei Solar (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.
- Solar cell and method for manufacturing solar cell1 Oct 2026US 2026/0305008 A1Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
- Detection device24 Sep 2026US 2026/0293361 A1InnoCare Optoelectronics Corporation
- Two-dimensional photosensor and manufacturing method of two-dimensional photosensor17 Sep 2026US 2026/0282566 A1Kepler, Ltd.
- Methods and systems for continuous roll-to-roll manufacturing of photovoltaic structures17 Sep 2026US 2026/0282592 A1Energy Materials Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Gallium nitride-based III-V group compound semiconductor device and method of producing the same291US 5,563,422 ANichia Chemical Industries, Ltd. · 1996
- Indium-tin oxide (ITO) layer and method for producing the same148US 6,849,165 B2Unaxis Deutschland GmbH · 2005
- Compositions for forming transparent conductive nanoparticle coatings and process of preparation therefor135US 6,416,818 B1Nanophase Technologies Corporation · 2002
- Transparent electrode, optoelectronic apparatus and devices129US 6,936,761 B2Nanosolar, Inc. · 2005
- Method of dry etching oxide semiconductor film126US 7,767,106 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2010