H10F 77/126
Comprising only group i-iii-vi chalcopyrite materials
Official title: {comprising only Group I-III-VI chalcopyrite materials, e.g. CuInSe2, CuGaSe2 or CuInGaSe2 [CIGS]}
H10F77/126 (Comprising only group i-iii-vi chalcopyrite materials) appears on 888 US grants and 1,500 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 888
- Published applications
- 1,500
- Assignees
- 386
- Inventors
- 2,061
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 |
| 1980 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | 1 | 0 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 1 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1986 | 1 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1990 | 3 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 0 |
| 1992 | 3 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1995 | 10 | 0 |
| 1996 | 5 | 0 |
| 1997 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 11 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 |
| 2002 | 6 | 6 |
| 2003 | 6 | 15 |
| 2004 | 5 | 10 |
| 2005 | 6 | 18 |
| 2006 | 9 | 23 |
| 2007 | 7 | 51 |
| 2008 | 3 | 54 |
| 2009 | 15 | 90 |
| 2010 | 27 | 122 |
| 2011 | 62 | 171 |
| 2012 | 71 | 154 |
| 2013 | 92 | 164 |
| 2014 | 105 | 169 |
| 2015 | 76 | 136 |
| 2016 | 72 | 79 |
| 2017 | 63 | 41 |
| 2018 | 49 | 48 |
| 2019 | 34 | 49 |
| 2020 | 28 | 31 |
| 2021 | 23 | 22 |
| 2022 | 14 | 12 |
| 2023 | 12 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10 | 5 |
| 2025 | 9 | 11 |
| 2026 | 7 | 10 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- CIGS solar cell with both transparency and flexibility and its manufacturing method29 Sep 2026US 12,751,108 B2Korea Institute of Science and Technology
- Curved photovoltaic member and photovoltaic building surface8 Sep 2026US 12,732,132 B2Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd.
- Multi-glass module for a solar tracker apparatus7 Jul 2026US 12,676,573 B2Nextpower LLC
- Method of patterning a thin-film photovoltaic layer stack26 May 2026US 12,641,890 B2First Solar, Inc.
- Direct solution deposition of metal selenide semiconductors using novel metal-selenium complexes and films made therefrom24 Feb 2026US 12,559,371 B2Purdue Research Foundation
- Curved photovoltaic member and photovoltaic building surface8 Oct 2026US 2026/0312528 A1Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy Co., Ltd.
- Multi-glass module for a solar tracker apparatus1 Oct 2026US 2026/0303009 A1
- Photoelectric conversion element, photovoltalic module, flying object and method for manufacturing photoelectric conversion element17 Sep 2026US 2026/0282562 A1Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.
- Solar Panel Recycling Using Deep Eutectic Solvents20 Aug 2026US 2026/0247740 A1Battelle Memorial Institute
- Liquid transducer radioisotope-powered nuclear voltaic system9 Jul 2026US 2026/0196375 A1Nubatt Pte. Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Fabrication of thin-film, flexible photovoltaic module241US 6,372,538 B1Global Solar Energy, Inc. · 2002
- Solar cell with chalcopyrite absorber layer239US 5,626,688 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1997
- Thin-film solar cells205US 6,974,976 B2Miasole · 2005
- Image sensor with microcrystalline germanium photodiode layer178US 7,276,749 B2e-Phocus, Inc. · 2007
- Thin film solar cell and method of making173US 4,915,745 AAtlantic Richfield Company · 1990