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2017
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Sma Solar Technology Ag
›
Marcel Kratochvil
MK
Marcel Kratochvil
— 4 Patents in 2017
SA
Sma Solar Technology Ag
:
4
patents
#4
of
53
Top 8%
Kassel, DE
:
#3
of
93
inventors
Top 4%
Overall
(2017):
#42,188
of
506,227
Top 9%
4
Patents 2017
Issued Patents
2017
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1–4
of
4
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
9819180
Method for sequentially disconnecting/connecting electrical current sources from/to a common load
Holger Behrends
,
Markus Hopf
2017-11-14
9709623
Apparatus and method for monitoring a photovoltaic system
Sebastian Bieniek
,
Holger Behrends
,
Markus Hopf
2017-07-18
9625516
Device and method for monitoring a photovoltaic system
Markus Hopf
,
Holger Behrends
,
Gerd Bettenwort
,
Sebastian Bieniek
2017-04-18
9535104
Method and system for detecting an arc fault in a power circuit using frequency response
Holger Behrends
,
Markus Hopf
,
Sebastian Bieniek
2017-01-03
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