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FIRST SOLAR LLC

Overview
  • Total Patents
    32
About

FIRST SOLAR LLC has a total of 32 patent applications. Its first patent ever was published in 1998. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and Australia. Its main competitors in its focus markets environmental technology, materials and metallurgy and semiconductors are UNIV KANTO GAKUIN SURFACE ENG RES INST, INTERPANE ENTW & BERATUNGSGES and CORSAM TECHNOLOGIES LLC.

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Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Foote James B 6
#2 Giolando Dean M 6
#3 Powell Ricky C 6
#4 Mcmaster Harold A 4
#5 Hecht Kenneth R 4
#6 Hanak Joseph J 4
#7 Borgeson Frank A 4
#8 Helman Norman L 4
#9 Crosser Larry G 3
#10 Bohland John R 3

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
WO2005117139A1 Photovoltaic cell including capping layer
US6959517B2 Photovoltaic panel mounting bracket
AU2002352732A1 Photovoltaic array
US2003094193A1 Photovoltaic array
US2003033982A1 Chemical vapor deposition system
US6559411B2 Method and apparatus for laser scribing glass sheet substrate coatings
US2002171441A1 Method and apparatus for accelerated life testing of a solar cell
US2002071912A1 Volatile organometallic complexes of lowered reactivity suitable for use in chemical vapor deposition of metal oxide films
US6300593B1 Apparatus and method for laser scribing a coated substrate
US6058740A Glass substrate deposition system having lateral alignment mechanism
US6348159B1 Method and apparatus for etching coated substrates
US6063995A Recycling silicon photovoltaic modules
US6129779A Reclaiming metallic material from an article comprising a non-metallic friable substrate
US5945163A Apparatus and method for depositing a material on a substrate
US6037241A Apparatus and method for depositing a semiconductor material