Tempe, Arizona
United States
151
2026-05-07
105
2026-04-07
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First Solar, Inc. based in Tempe, US has been assigned the rights to these inventions. The list includes both Pending Applications and Patent Grants:
Multilayer Back Contacts for Perovskite Photovoltaic Devices
#2 | 2025-11-27SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VAPORIZATION AND VAPOR DISTRIBUTION
#3 | 2025-10-02Photovoltaic Devices with Textured TCO Layers, and Methods of Making TCO Stacks
#4 | 2025-08-21Transparent Conducting Layers and Photovoltaic Devices Including the Same
#5 | 2025-05-29PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING
#6 | 2025-05-22PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE WITH TRANSPARENT TUNNEL JUNCTION
#7 | 2025-05-15PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHOD OF MAKING
#8 | 2025-05-15Photovoltaic Devices and Method of Making
#9 | 2025-05-01Photovoltaic Devices Including An Interfacial Layer
#10 | 2025-04-10Buffer Layers for Photovoltaic Devices with Group V Doping
#11 | 2025-03-13THIN FILM SOLAR MODULE AND PRODUCTION METHOD
#12 | 2025-02-20Cadmium Selenide Based Photovoltaic Devices And Methods For Forming The Same
#13 | 2025-01-23 ✅ Patent 12,595,545 granted on 2026-04-07Methods for Perovskite Device Processing by Vapor Transport Deposition
#14 | 2025-01-09INTERFACE PREPARATION FOR TANDEM PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES
#15 | 2025-01-02PHOTOVOLTAIC TOP MODULE
#16 | 2024-12-26LAYER STRUCTURES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME
#17 | 2024-12-19Materials and Methods for Tandem Photovoltaic Devices
#18 | 2024-12-12BIFACIAL ENHANCEMENT LAYERS AND PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME
#19 | 2024-09-26METHOD OF PATTERNING A THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC LAYER STACK
#20 | 2024-07-25SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VAPORIZATION AND VAPOR DISTRIBUTION
#21 | 2024-07-11Multilayer Back Contacts for Perovskite Photovoltaic Devices
#22 | 2024-07-11Materials and Methods for Hole Transport Layers in Perovskite Photovoltaic Devices
#23 | 2024-05-09 ✅ Patent 12,356,732 granted on 2025-07-08PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES WITH CONDUCTING LAYER INTERCONNECTS
#24 | 2024-05-09 ✅ Patent 12,369,426 granted on 2025-07-22PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHOD OF MAKING
#25 | 2024-04-25 ✅ Patent 12,520,652 granted on 2026-01-06Multilayer Back Contacts for Perovskite Photovoltaic Devices
#26 | 2024-04-25Materials and Methods for Hole Transport Layers in Perovskite Photovoltaic Devices
#27 | 2024-03-14 ✅ Patent 12,520,599 granted on 2026-01-06PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
#28 | 2024-02-22 ✅ Patent 12,610,650 granted on 2026-04-21DOPED PHOTOVOLTAIC SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS AND METHODS OF MAKING
#29 | 2024-02-15 ✅ Patent 12,238,943 granted on 2025-02-25Photovoltaic devices and method of making
#30 | 2024-01-25 ✅ Patent 12,563,857 granted on 2026-02-24PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE INCLUDING A P-N JUNCTION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
#31 | 2024-01-11PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING
#32 | 2024-01-11PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES WITH CONDUCTING LAYER INTERCONNECTS
#33 | 2023-12-14 ✅ Patent 12,249,664 granted on 2025-03-11Transparent conducting layers and photovoltaic devices including the same
#34 | 2023-10-05Photovoltaic Devices Including Nitrogen-Containing Metal Contact
#35 | 2023-08-24 ✅ Patent 12,532,548 granted on 2026-01-20PHOTOVOLTAIC TOP MODULE
#36 | 2023-06-15PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES WITH NARROW SCRIBES AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING THE SAME
#37 | 2023-05-04 ✅ Patent 12,154,997 granted on 2024-11-26Thin film solar module and production method
#38 | 2023-03-16 ✅ Patent 12,356,755 granted on 2025-07-08PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS WITH GROUP V DOPANTS AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME
#39 | 2023-03-16 ✅ Patent 12,112,897 granted on 2024-10-08Methods for perovskite device processing by vapor transport deposition
#40 | 2023-02-09 ✅ Patent 11,784,278 granted on 2023-10-10Photovoltaic devices and method of making
#41 | 2022-12-01 ✅ Patent 12,593,516 granted on 2026-03-31PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING
#42 | 2022-09-08 ✅ Patent 12,261,231 granted on 2025-03-25Thin film stacks for group V doping, photovoltaic devices including the same, and methods for forming photovoltaic devices with thin film stacks
#43 | 2022-08-18 ✅ Patent 11,866,817 granted on 2024-01-09Thin-film deposition methods with thermal management of evaporation sources
#44 | 2022-03-31METAL OXYNITRIDE BACK CONTACT LAYERS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES
#45 | 2022-03-03 ✅ Patent 12,021,163 granted on 2024-06-25Photovoltaic devices and methods of forming the same
#46 | 2022-02-10 ✅ Patent 11,769,844 granted on 2023-09-26Photovoltaic device including a p-n junction and method of manufacturing
#47 | 2022-02-10 ✅ Patent 11,791,427 granted on 2023-10-17Doped photovoltaic semiconductor layers and methods of making
#48 | 2022-01-13 ✅ Patent 12,336,321 granted on 2025-06-17Photovoltaic Devices with Textured TCO Layers, and Methods of Making TCO Stacks
#49 | 2021-12-23 ✅ Patent 11,588,069 granted on 2023-02-21Photovoltaic devices and method of making
#50 | 2021-12-02 ✅ Patent 12,119,416 granted on 2024-10-15Buffer layers for photovoltaic devices with group V doping
#51 | 2021-11-18 ✅ Patent 11,870,002 granted on 2024-01-09Methods and systems for use with photovoltaic devices
#52 | 2021-09-30SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VAPORIZATION AND VAPOR DISTRIBUTION
#53 | 2021-09-16 ✅ Patent 12,588,297 granted on 2026-03-24Photovoltaic Devices Including An Interfacial Layer
#54 | 2021-09-09PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING
#55 | 2021-07-01FLUID-ASSISTED THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF EVAPORATION SOURCES
#56 | 2021-05-13 ✅ Patent 11,158,749 granted on 2021-10-26Doped photovoltaic semiconductor layers and methods of making
#57 | 2021-03-25 ✅ Patent 11,581,453 granted on 2023-02-14Photovoltaic devices with narrow scribes and methods and systems for forming the same
#58 | 2021-03-25 ✅ Patent 11,843,070 granted on 2023-12-12Photovoltaic devices including doped semiconductor films
#59 | 2021-03-11 ✅ Patent 11,289,915 granted on 2022-03-29Method and apparatus for operating a photovoltaic device
#60 | 2021-02-11 ✅ Patent 11,929,447 granted on 2024-03-12Annealing materials and methods for annealing photovoltaic devices with annealing materials
#61 | 2021-02-04 ✅ Patent 11,201,257 granted on 2021-12-14Methods for group V doping of photovoltaic devices
#62 | 2020-12-24LAYER STRUCTURES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME
#63 | 2020-12-03 ✅ Patent 11,502,212 granted on 2022-11-15Photovoltaic devices and semiconductor layers with group V dopants and methods for forming the same
#64 | 2020-11-05 ✅ Patent 11,164,989 granted on 2021-11-02Photovoltaic devices and method of making
#65 | 2020-10-29ABSORBER LAYERS WITH MERCURY FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME
#66 | 2020-08-27 ✅ Patent 12,522,911 granted on 2026-01-13SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VAPORIZATION AND VAPOR DISTRIBUTION
#67 | 2020-05-28 ✅ Patent 11,326,249 granted on 2022-05-10Thin-film deposition methods with thermal management of evaporation sources
#68 | 2020-02-27PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME
#69 | 2020-02-20 ✅ Patent 11,817,516 granted on 2023-11-14Photovoltaic devices and method of manufacturing
#70 | 2020-01-30 ✅ Patent 11,342,471 granted on 2022-05-24Thin film stacks for group V doping, photovoltaic devices including the same, and methods for forming photovoltaic devices with thin film stacks
#71 | 2019-11-28 ✅ Patent 11,367,805 granted on 2022-06-21Solar cells and methods of making the same
#72 | 2019-11-28 ✅ Patent 11,450,778 granted on 2022-09-20Ag-doped photovoltaic devices and method of making
#73 | 2019-11-14 ✅ Patent 10,896,991 granted on 2021-01-19Photovoltaic devices and method of manufacturing
#74 | 2019-09-26 ✅ Patent 10,861,994 granted on 2020-12-08Photovoltaic devices including doped semiconductor films
#75 | 2019-09-26 ✅ Patent 12,206,037 granted on 2025-01-21Photovoltaic device with transparent tunnel junction
#76 | 2019-07-18PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE INCLUDING A P-N JUNCTION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
#77 | 2019-05-30 ✅ Patent 10,727,362 granted on 2020-07-28Methods of hermetically sealing photovoltaic modules
#78 | 2019-05-23 ✅ Patent 10,812,013 granted on 2020-10-20Frame assemblies and photovoltaic devices including the same
#79 | 2019-05-23 ✅ Patent 11,207,731 granted on 2021-12-28Devices and methods for making polycrystalline alloys
#80 | 2019-05-16 ✅ Patent 11,695,085 granted on 2023-07-04Photovoltaic devices including nitrogen-containing metal contact
#81 | 2019-03-28 ✅ Patent 10,720,546 granted on 2020-07-21Photovoltaic devices and method of making
#82 | 2019-03-14 ✅ Patent 10,749,068 granted on 2020-08-18Vapor transport deposition method and system for material co-deposition
#83 | 2018-11-08 ✅ Patent 10,141,473 granted on 2018-11-27Photovoltaic devices and method of making
#84 | 2018-11-08Integrated Vapor Transport Deposition Method and System
#85 | 2018-03-22Methods for Curing Anti-Reflective Coatings on Solar Glass
#86 | 2017-08-17 ✅ Patent 11,417,785 granted on 2022-08-16Photovoltaic devices and method of making
#87 | 2017-06-15 ✅ Patent 10,367,110 granted on 2019-07-30Photovoltaic devices and method of manufacturing
#88 | 2017-04-13DOPING AN ABSORBER LAYER OF A PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE VIA DIFFUSION FROM A WINDOW LAYER
#89 | 2016-06-23METHODS OF TREATING A SEMICONDUCTOR LAYER
#90 | 2016-06-09 ✅ Patent 9,490,386 granted on 2016-11-08Methods of fabricating a photovoltaic module, and related system
#91 | 2016-05-05 ✅ Patent 10,319,873 granted on 2019-06-11Photovoltaic devices including doped semiconductor films
#92 | 2016-05-05 ✅ Patent 10,461,207 granted on 2019-10-29Photovoltaic devices and method of manufacturing
#93 | 2016-05-05 ✅ Patent 10,529,883 granted on 2020-01-07Photovoltaic devices and method of manufacturing
#94 | 2016-04-07 ✅ Patent 10,038,321 granted on 2018-07-31System for operation of photovoltaic power plant and DC power collection within
#95 | 2015-07-23 ✅ Patent 10,570,516 granted on 2020-02-25System and method for transport
#96 | 2015-07-02 ✅ Patent 9,431,569 granted on 2016-08-30Zinc blende cadmium—manganese—telluride with reduced hole compensation effects and methods for forming the same
#97 | 2015-07-02Method for Deposition
#98 | 2015-06-11Nanostructured Functional Coatings and Devices
#99 | 2015-03-12 ✅ Patent 9,564,543 granted on 2017-02-07Doping an absorber layer of a photovoltaic device via diffusion from a window layer
#100 | 2015-01-29 ✅ Patent 9,093,599 granted on 2015-07-28Vapor deposition apparatus for continuous deposition of multiple thin film layers on a substrate
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