H10F 77/123
Comprising only group ii-vi materials
Official title: comprising only Group II-VI materials, e.g. CdS, ZnS or HgCdTe
H10F77/123 (Comprising only group ii-vi materials) appears on 700 US grants and 866 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 700
- Published applications
- 866
- Assignees
- 414
- Inventors
- 1,742
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 5 | 0 |
| 1986 | 9 | 0 |
| 1987 | 3 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 8 | 0 |
| 1990 | 10 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 7 | 0 |
| 1993 | 7 | 0 |
| 1994 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | 4 | 0 |
| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 7 | 0 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 5 |
| 2003 | 4 | 8 |
| 2004 | 4 | 16 |
| 2005 | 10 | 15 |
| 2006 | 13 | 9 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16 |
| 2008 | 2 | 18 |
| 2009 | 8 | 28 |
| 2010 | 16 | 71 |
| 2011 | 18 | 65 |
| 2012 | 25 | 51 |
| 2013 | 22 | 52 |
| 2014 | 38 | 67 |
| 2015 | 38 | 70 |
| 2016 | 40 | 47 |
| 2017 | 48 | 51 |
| 2018 | 49 | 44 |
| 2019 | 43 | 48 |
| 2020 | 42 | 39 |
| 2021 | 31 | 42 |
| 2022 | 37 | 36 |
| 2023 | 30 | 22 |
| 2024 | 31 | 22 |
| 2025 | 18 | 16 |
| 2026 | 12 | 8 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Photovoltaic devices with narrow scribes and methods and systems for forming the same29 Sep 2026US 12,751,107 B2First Solar, Inc.
- Camera having a reduced dark current photodetector4 Aug 2026US 12,701,818 B2
- Hot melt composition in the form of a film for use in photovoltaic modules28 Jul 2026US 12,692,378 B2H. B. Fuller Company
- Method for producing transparent conductive coatings for emi protection using HiPIMS26 May 2026US 12,637,753 B2Raytheon Company
- Doped photovoltaic semiconductor layers and methods of making21 Apr 2026US 12,610,650 B2First Solar, Inc.
- Photoelectric device based on quantum dots and its manufacturing method24 Sep 2026US 2026/0293332 A1University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University
- Doped photovoltaic semiconductor layers and methods of making3 Sep 2026US 2026/0262325 A1First Solar, Inc.
- Combined via and solder bump for three-dimensional integration of an infrared detector3 Sep 2026US 2026/0262527 A1Semiconductor Components Industries, LLC
- Tandem solar cell, manufacturing method thereof, and photovoltaic module16 Jul 2026US 2026/0206328 A1Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
- Method for manufacturing a copper-free CdTe based thin film solar cell device26 Mar 2026US 2026/0090130 A1China Triumph International Engineering Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Photovoltaic cell and method155US 5,261,968 APhoton Energy, Inc. · 1993
- Method and making group IIB metal - telluride films and solar cells93US 4,950,615 AInternational Solar Electric Technology, Inc. · 1990
- Integrated IR and visible detector89US 5,373,182 ASanta Barbara Research Center · 1994
- Optoelectronic device containing at least one active device layer having a wurtzite crystal structure, and methods of making same88US 9,431,794 B2VerLASE Technologies LLC · 2016
- Optoelectronic device containing at least one active device layer having a wurtzite crystal structure, and methods of making same86US 8,859,412 B2VerLASE Technologies LLC · 2014