Y02A 20/142
Solar thermal
Official title: Solar thermal; Photovoltaics
Y02A20/142 (Solar thermal) appears on 268 US grants and 271 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y02A- Granted patents
- 268
- Published applications
- 271
- Assignees
- 142
- Inventors
- 608
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1976 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1978 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| 1980 | 14 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1982 | 6 | 0 |
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| 1997 | 3 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 6 |
| 2004 | 4 | 5 |
| 2005 | 1 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 | 9 |
| 2007 | 1 | 8 |
| 2008 | 2 | 8 |
| 2009 | 8 | 10 |
| 2010 | 4 | 13 |
| 2011 | 8 | 15 |
| 2012 | 8 | 18 |
| 2013 | 8 | 7 |
| 2014 | 8 | 11 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18 |
| 2016 | 7 | 15 |
| 2017 | 12 | 16 |
| 2018 | 17 | 15 |
| 2019 | 15 | 19 |
| 2020 | 13 | 11 |
| 2021 | 18 | 17 |
| 2022 | 11 | 13 |
| 2023 | 13 | 11 |
| 2024 | 5 | 8 |
| 2025 | 14 | 4 |
| 2026 | 6 | 6 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- System for desalinating saltwater16 Jun 2026US 12,654,111 B2
- Desalination and/or purification device, desalination and/or purification carbon membrane, and method of desalinating and/or purifying a liquid12 May 2026US 12,623,924 B2King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Fresnel spot lens desalinization system and method10 Mar 2026US 12,569,780 B2
- Molten eutectic salts thermal energy storage (MESTES) system10 Feb 2026US 12,544,685 B2
- System and method for solar-driven photothermal seawater desalination and ion electroosmosis power generation10 Feb 2026US 12,545,604 B2Xi' An Jiaotong University
- Highly efficient, salt rejecting, wick-free solar evaporation9 Jul 2026US 2026/0193107 A1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Evaporator for solar-driven desalination, method for manufacturing the same, and hybrid desalination system including the same11 Jun 2026US 2026/0158406 A1UIF (University Industry Foundation), Yonsei University
- Desalination air cooling system and method30 Apr 2026US 2026/0116786 A1Kuwait University
- Solar still system16 Apr 2026US 2026/0103403 A1Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University
- Foldable solar desalination device with no liquid discharge19 Feb 2026US 2026/0048342 A1Khalifa University of Science and Technology
Most cited
By later US patents
- System for the obtaining of energy by fluid flows resembling a natural cyclone or anti-cyclone149US 4,452,046 A1984
- Maritime power plant system with processes for producing, storing and consuming regenerative energy134US 6,100,600 A2000
- Diffusion driven desalination apparatus and process88US 6,919,000 B2University of Florida · 2005
- Thermal gradient humidification-dehumidification desalination system87US 4,363,703 AInstitute of Gas Technology · 1982
- Diffusion driven water purification apparatus and process75US 7,225,620 B2University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc. · 2007