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SOLARCITY CORP

Overview
  • Total Patents
    382
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    4,441
  • Filing trend
    ⇩ 73.0%
About

SOLARCITY CORP has a total of 382 patent applications. It decreased the IP activity by 73.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 2007. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and EPO (European Patent Office). Its main competitors in its focus markets environmental technology, semiconductors and electrical machinery and energy are STELLARIS CORP, TENKSOLAR INC and SOLARWORLD AMERICAS INC.

Patent filings per year

Chart showing SOLARCITY CORPs patent filings per year from 1900 to 2020

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 West Jack Raymond 50
#2 Heng Jiunn Benjamin 46
#3 Xu Zheng 41
#4 Narla Sandeep 38
#5 Yang Bobby 38
#6 Fu Jianming 33
#7 Gonzalez Pablo 28
#8 Molina David 27
#9 Almy Charles 26
#10 Atchley Brian 25

Latest patents

Publication Filing date Title
US2018278198A1 Tiling format photovoltaic array system
US2018191290A1 Photovoltaic mounting system
US2019028054A1 Building integrated photovoltaic tile mounting system
US2019020306A1 Bypass mechanisms for energy generation systems
US2018131226A1 Manual transfer switch for onsite energy generation and storage systems
US2018190860A1 System and method for cleaving photovoltaic structures
US2018269829A1 State of health mechanisms for energy generation systems
US2018198008A1 Photovoltaic structures with segmented busbars for increased thermal cycling reliability
US2018115275A1 Building integrated photovoltaic system for tile roofs
US2018175233A1 Alignment markers for precision automation of manufacturing solar panels and methods of use
US2018174876A1 Magnetic wafer gripper
US2017148943A1 Low-cost high-efficiency solar module using epitaxial si thin-film absorber and double-sided heterojunction solar cell with integrated module fabrication
US2018151766A1 Anti-corrosion protection in photovoltaic structures
US2018123348A1 Micro-batteries for energy generation systems
US2018122979A1 System and method for curing conductive paste using induction heating
US2018108796A1 Cascaded photovoltaic structures with interdigitated back contacts
US2017345954A1 Colored photovoltaic modules
US2017110622A1 Apparatus for electroplating of electrodes on photovoltaic structures
US2018102452A1 Corrosion resistant photovoltaic modules
US2018037121A1 Energy generation and storage system with electric vehicle charging capability