H10F 77/1694
The films including group i-iii-vi materials
Official title: {the films including Group I-III-VI materials, e.g. CIS or CIGS}
H10F77/1694 (The films including group i-iii-vi materials) appears on 316 US grants and 589 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 316
- Published applications
- 589
- Assignees
- 210
- Inventors
- 1,070
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1987 | 1 | 0 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 |
| 1989 | 0 | 0 |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 |
| 1991 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 |
| 1996 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 | 11 |
| 2008 | 0 | 9 |
| 2009 | 2 | 26 |
| 2010 | 6 | 54 |
| 2011 | 27 | 63 |
| 2012 | 23 | 82 |
| 2013 | 25 | 73 |
| 2014 | 35 | 74 |
| 2015 | 39 | 60 |
| 2016 | 40 | 45 |
| 2017 | 38 | 19 |
| 2018 | 25 | 17 |
| 2019 | 14 | 19 |
| 2020 | 16 | 11 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5 |
| 2023 | 3 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2026 | 3 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Article with transparent conductive layer and method of making the same6 Oct 2026US 12,757,521 B2Vitro Flat Glass LLC
- Article with transparent conductive oxide coating16 Jun 2026US 12,660,368 B2Vitro Flat Glass LLC
- Photovoltaic top module20 Jan 2026US 12,532,548 B2First Solar, Inc.
- Photoelectrochemical process intensification for sustainable photovoltaics manufacturing27 May 2025US 12,317,634 B1Heliosynergy LLC
- Coated steel plate suitable for inline thin-film photovoltaic module and manufacturing method therefor22 Apr 2025US 12,284,841 B2Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
- Article with Transparent Conductive Oxide Coating24 Sep 2026US 2026/0293366 A1Vitro Flat Glass LLC
- Photovoltaic top module2 Jan 2025US 2025/0006855 A1First Solar, Inc.
- Wrapped Photovoltaic Cell and Photovoltaic Module30 May 2024US 2024/0178335 A1
- Display Apparatus and Methods4 Apr 2024US 2024/0110276 A1Nanolumens Acquisition, Inc.
- Coated steel plate suitable for inline thin-film photovoltaic module and manufacturing method therefor22 Feb 2024US 2024/0063319 A1Baoshan Iron & Steel Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Solar cell with chalcopyrite absorber layer239US 5,626,688 ASiemens Aktiengesellschaft · 1997
- Substrate and collector grid structures for integrated photovoltaic arrays and process of manufacture of such arrays121US 7,635,810 B22009
- Thermal management and method for large scale processing of CIS and/or CIGS based thin films overlying glass substrates121US 7,993,954 B2Stion Corporation · 2011
- Thin film solar cell module99US 4,638,111 AAtlantic Richfield Company · 1987
- Apparatus and method of production of thin film photovoltaic modules98US 7,271,333 B2Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc. · 2007