H10F 77/70
Surface textures
Official title: Surface textures, e.g. pyramid structures
H10F77/70 (Surface textures) appears on 1,765 US grants and 2,592 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in H10F- Granted patents
- 1,765
- Published applications
- 2,592
- Assignees
- 827
- Inventors
- 4,556
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 2 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 5 | 0 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1981 | 7 | 0 |
| 1982 | 5 | 0 |
| 1983 | 5 | 0 |
| 1984 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 6 | 0 |
| 1986 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 6 | 0 |
| 1988 | 3 | 0 |
| 1989 | 6 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1991 | 8 | 0 |
| 1992 | 6 | 0 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 |
| 1994 | 17 | 0 |
| 1995 | 14 | 0 |
| 1996 | 11 | 0 |
| 1997 | 8 | 0 |
| 1998 | 11 | 0 |
| 1999 | 14 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 20 | 10 |
| 2002 | 17 | 12 |
| 2003 | 18 | 17 |
| 2004 | 8 | 20 |
| 2005 | 6 | 21 |
| 2006 | 10 | 19 |
| 2007 | 5 | 41 |
| 2008 | 10 | 47 |
| 2009 | 14 | 79 |
| 2010 | 28 | 144 |
| 2011 | 43 | 196 |
| 2012 | 72 | 200 |
| 2013 | 73 | 219 |
| 2014 | 144 | 215 |
| 2015 | 141 | 161 |
| 2016 | 131 | 138 |
| 2017 | 110 | 139 |
| 2018 | 114 | 138 |
| 2019 | 96 | 121 |
| 2020 | 81 | 95 |
| 2021 | 71 | 79 |
| 2022 | 75 | 92 |
| 2023 | 71 | 87 |
| 2024 | 83 | 91 |
| 2025 | 93 | 116 |
| 2026 | 59 | 95 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Photovoltaic cell and preparation method thereof, and photovoltaic module6 Oct 2026US 12,757,519 B2Jinko Solar (Shangrao) Co., Ltd
- Backside contact solar cells with separated polysilicon doped regions29 Sep 2026US 12,751,094 B2
- Infrared detector with photonic crystal over absorption layer and preparation method therefor15 Sep 2026US 12,740,183 B2Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, CAS.
- Solar cell, method for preparing the same, and photovoltaic module15 Sep 2026US 12,740,184 B2Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
- Generation of textured surfaces, manufacturing of tandem solar cells, and tandem solar cell25 Aug 2026US 12,720,874 B2Singulus Technologies AG
- Solar cell and tandem solar cell8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314109 A1Zhejiang Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
- Perovskite/silicon tandem photovoltaic device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314112 A1Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
- Solar cell, method for preparing the same, and photovoltaic module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314113 A1Jinko Solar Co., Ltd.
- Solar cell8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314114 A1Jinko Solar (Haining) Co., Ltd.
- Solar cell and photovoltaic module8 Oct 2026US 2026/0314115 A1Tongwei Solar (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Realization of a thin film solar cell with a detached reflector153US 4,497,974 AExxon Research & Engineering Co. · 1985
- Structure and fabrication process for an aluminum alloy junction self-aligned back contact silicon solar cell148US 5,641,362 AEbara Solar, Inc. · 1997
- Silicon-based visible and near-infrared optoelectric devices147US 7,057,256 B2President and Fellows of Harvard College · 2006
- Procedure for fabrication of microstructures over large areas using physical replication143US 4,512,848 AExxon Research & Engineering Co. · 1985
- Photovoltaic cell135US 5,482,570 AAsulab S. A. · 1996