H10F 77/1692
The films including only group iv materials
Official title: {the films including only Group IV materials}
H10F77/1692 (The films including only group iv materials) appears on 529 US grants and 458 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 529
- Published applications
- 458
- Assignees
- 270
- Inventors
- 1,300
- Latest grant
- 23 Dec 2025
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 1 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 6 | 0 |
| 1980 | 1 | 0 |
| 1981 | 5 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 21 | 0 |
| 1986 | 14 | 0 |
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| 1988 | 15 | 0 |
| 1989 | 17 | 0 |
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| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 10 | 0 |
| 1993 | 15 | 0 |
| 1994 | 10 | 0 |
| 1995 | 17 | 0 |
| 1996 | 13 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 7 | 0 |
| 1999 | 9 | 0 |
| 2000 | 18 | 0 |
| 2001 | 13 | 5 |
| 2002 | 13 | 7 |
| 2003 | 12 | 5 |
| 2004 | 5 | 8 |
| 2005 | 4 | 13 |
| 2006 | 4 | 12 |
| 2007 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008 | 5 | 18 |
| 2009 | 5 | 29 |
| 2010 | 13 | 61 |
| 2011 | 14 | 85 |
| 2012 | 28 | 58 |
| 2013 | 19 | 32 |
| 2014 | 34 | 25 |
| 2015 | 33 | 21 |
| 2016 | 17 | 19 |
| 2017 | 16 | 11 |
| 2018 | 12 | 8 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11 |
| 2020 | 10 | 4 |
| 2021 | 3 | 10 |
| 2022 | 9 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 0 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Highly-textured thin films23 Dec 2025US 12,507,500 B2University of Houston System
- Photoelectric conversion apparatus and manufacturing method therefor19 Nov 2024US 12,148,848 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Integrated optical filter and photodetector and methods of fabricating the same17 Sep 2024US 12,094,987 B2Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Sensor and method of forming the same21 Nov 2023US 11,823,889 B2Globalfoundries Singapore Pte. Ltd.
- Photodiode and/or pin diode structures21 Mar 2023US 11,611,002 B2GLOBALFOUNDRIES U. S. Inc.
- Solar cell and manufacturing method therefor1 Oct 2026US 2026/0305003 A1Longi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd.
- Highly-textured thin films9 Jul 2026US 2026/0198128 A1University of Houston System
- Thin photodetector device and fabrication thereof26 Sep 2024US 2024/0321932 A1ams-OSRAM AG
- Semiconductor device and photosensitive device8 Feb 2024US 2024/0047599 A1Tcl China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
- Solar cell26 Jan 2023US 2023/0023777 A1Shangrao Jinko solar Technology Development Co., LTD
Most cited
By later US patents
- Solar cell module and method of manufacturing the same278US 5,391,235 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1995
- Photovoltaic power generating apparatus, method of producing same and photovoltaic power generating system228US 6,966,184 B2Canon Kabushiki Kaisha · 2005
- Photovoltaic cell having increased active area and method for producing same188US 4,617,421 ASovonics Solar Systems · 1986
- Three dimensional amorphous silicon/microcrystalline silicon solar cells187US 5,538,564 AThe Regents of the University of California · 1996
- Producing thin film photovoltaic modules with high integrity interconnects and dual layer contacts153US 6,288,325 B1BP Corporation North America Inc. · 2001