Y02E 10/544
Solar cells from group iii-v materials
Official title: Solar cells from Group III-V materials
Y02E10/544 (Solar cells from group iii-v materials) appears on 2,082 US grants and 2,314 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in Y02E- Granted patents
- 2,082
- Published applications
- 2,314
- Assignees
- 806
- Inventors
- 3,607
- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
Filings by year
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| 1976 | 7 | 0 |
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| 1978 | 11 | 0 |
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| 1981 | 11 | 0 |
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| 2000 | 23 | 0 |
| 2001 | 30 | 9 |
| 2002 | 32 | 49 |
| 2003 | 40 | 48 |
| 2004 | 26 | 40 |
| 2005 | 25 | 47 |
| 2006 | 35 | 47 |
| 2007 | 29 | 51 |
| 2008 | 19 | 51 |
| 2009 | 25 | 91 |
| 2010 | 40 | 175 |
| 2011 | 47 | 155 |
| 2012 | 73 | 156 |
| 2013 | 86 | 149 |
| 2014 | 122 | 177 |
| 2015 | 153 | 182 |
| 2016 | 137 | 154 |
| 2017 | 120 | 148 |
| 2018 | 119 | 147 |
| 2019 | 110 | 93 |
| 2020 | 111 | 102 |
| 2021 | 85 | 92 |
| 2022 | 79 | 68 |
| 2023 | 70 | 27 |
| 2024 | 40 | 29 |
| 2025 | 27 | 16 |
| 2026 | 18 | 11 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Multijunction metamorphic solar cells29 Sep 2026US 12,751,095 B2SolAero Technologies Corp.
- Multijunction solar cell25 Aug 2026US 12,720,875 B2SolAero Technologies Corp.
- Camera having a reduced dark current photodetector4 Aug 2026US 12,701,818 B2
- Power routing module with a switching matrix for a solar cell array28 Jul 2026US 12,696,550 B2The Boeing Company
- Solar cell structures for improved current generation and collection14 Jul 2026US 12,684,877 B2The Boeing Company
- Power routing module with a switching matrix for a solar cell array24 Sep 2026US 2026/0293325 A1The Boeing Company
- Prefabricated conductors on a substrate to facilitate corner connections for a solar cell array30 Jul 2026US 2026/0223464 A1The Boeing Company
- Inverted metamorphic multijunction solar cells having a permanent supporting substrate2 Jul 2026US 2026/0190504 A1SolAero Technologies Corp.
- Radiation-detecting structures and fabrication methods thereof25 Jun 2026US 2026/0182051 A1Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Electronic device and method for producing the same18 Jun 2026US 2026/0173580 A1Shin-Etsu Handotai Co., Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method of fabricating epitaxial structures827US 8,455,290 B2Masimo Semiconductor, Inc. · 2013
- Method of fabricating bifacial tandem solar cells756US 8,852,994 B2Masimo Semiconductor, Inc. · 2014
- Optical systems fabricated by printing-based assembly564US 7,972,875 B2The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · 2011
- Enhanced visible near-infrared photodiode and non-invasive physiological sensor524US 10,383,520 B2Masimo Semiconductor, Inc. · 2019
- Reduction of dislocations in a heteroepitaxial semiconductor structure513US 6,010,937 ASpire Corporation · 2000