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ASTROPOWER INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    40
About

ASTROPOWER INC has a total of 40 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1988. It filed its patents most often in United States, Australia and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization). Its main competitors in its focus markets environmental technology, machines and semiconductors are SOLAREX CORP, BP SOLAR LTD and ADVENT SOLAR INC.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing ASTROPOWER INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Hall Robert B 21
#2 Barnett Allen M 20
#3 Rand James A 19
#4 Ford David H 15
#5 Kendall Christopher L 12
#6 Checchi Joseph C 12
#7 Collins Sandra R 9
#8 Mauk Michael G 7
#9 Moore Chad B 6
#10 Culik Jerome S 4

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
AU2003277041A8 Methods and systems for purifying elements
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US2004000334A1 Photovoltaic tiles, roofing system, and method of constructing roof
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WO03091173A2 Capping layer for crystallizing germanium, and substrate having thin crystallized germanium layer
AU2003226114A8 Method and apparatus for electrochemical processing
WO03090002A1 Maximum power sensor for photovoltaic system
WO03017724A2 Power and/or energy monitor, method of using, and display device
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AU1006202A Columnar-grained polycrystalline sheet
US2002021996A1 Method for purifying silicon
US2001020485A1 Silicon thin-film, integrated solar cell, module, and methods of manufacturing the same
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EP0978146A1 Columnar-grained polycrystalline solar cell substrate and improved method of manufacture
USRE36156E Columnar-grained polycrystalline solar cell and process of manufacture
US5828088A Semiconductor device structures incorporating "buried" mirrors and/or "buried" metal electrodes
US5659133A High-temperature optical combustion chamber sensor
US5356509A Hetero-epitaxial growth of non-lattice matched semiconductors
US5336335A Columnar-grained polycrystalline solar cell and process of manufacture
US5266125A Interconnected silicon film solar cell array