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SUNPOWER CORP

Overview
  • Total Patents
    2,298
  • GoodIP Patent Rank
    1,176
  • Filing trend
    ⇩ 22.0%
About

SUNPOWER CORP has a total of 2,298 patent applications. It decreased the IP activity by 22.0%. Its first patent ever was published in 1991. It filed its patents most often in United States, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and China. Its main competitors in its focus markets environmental technology, semiconductors and electrical machinery and energy are SOLYNDRA INC, HANWHA Q CELLS GMBH and EMCORE SOLAR POWER INC.

Patent filings per year

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

Top inventors

# Name Total Patents
#1 Smith David D 304
#2 Harley Gabriel 179
#3 Cousins Peter John 147
#4 Rim Seung Bum 129
#5 Sewell Richard Hamilton 118
#6 Kim Taeseok 116
#7 Lance Tamir 81
#8 Wares Brian 80
#9 Pass Thomas 76
#10 Westerberg Staffan 69

Latest patents

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AU2019255506A1 Solar cells having junctions retracted from cleaved edges
AU2019249270A1 Laser assisted metallization process for solar cell stringing
WO2019195805A1 Systems for laser assisted metallization of substrates
WO2019195804A1 Laser assisted metallization process for solar cell circuit formation