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ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES INC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    3,028
About

ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES INC has a total of 3,028 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1962. It filed its patents most often in United States, Canada and Japan. Its main competitors in its focus markets environmental technology, semiconductors and surface technology and coating are HAHN MEITNER INST BERLIN GMBH, NANOSOLAR INC and CHRONAR CORP.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES INCs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Ovshinsky Stanford R 731
#2 Izu Masatsugu 184
#3 Nath Prem 161
#4 Sapru Krishna 121
#5 Doehler Joachim 115
#6 Ovshinsky Stanford Robert 106
#7 Cannella Vincent D 101
#8 Hudgens Stephen J 91
#9 Young Rosa 82
#10 Czubatyj Wolodymyr 75

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2008090022A1 High rate, continuous deposition of high quality amorphous, nanocrystalline, microcrystalline or polycrystalline materials
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