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Thomas Pass — 8 Patents in 2017

SUSunpower: 8 patents #3 of 136Top 3%
TSTotal Marketing Services: 2 patents #8 of 68Top 15%
San Jose, CA: #196 of 5,952 inventorsTop 4%
California: #1,703 of 60,394 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (2017): #10,347 of 506,227Top 3%
8 Patents 2017

Issued Patents 2017

Showing 1–8 of 8 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
9831356 Foil trim approaches for foil-based metallization of solar cells Gabriel Harley 2017-11-28 $3,988,000
9796045 Wafer alignment with restricted visual access 2017-10-24 $6,782,000
9735308 Foil-based metallization of solar cells using removable protection layer 2017-08-15 $4,794,000
9722105 Conversion of metal seed layer for buffer material Matthieu Moors 2017-08-01 $6,976,000
9620655 Laser foil trim approaches for foil-based metallization for solar cells Robert Woehl, Richard Hamilton Sewell, Mohamed A. Elbandrawy, Taeseok Kim, Benjamin Ian Hsia +2 more 2017-04-11 $7,121,000
9556512 Deposition system with electrically isolated pallet and anode assemblies Peter John Cousins, Hsin-Chiao Luan, John Ferrer, Rex Gallardo, Stephen F. Meyer 2017-01-31 $2,315,000
9559233 Solar cell interconnection Gabriel Harley, David Fredric Joel Kavulak, Richard Hamilton Sewell 2017-01-31 $2,315,000
9559228 Solar cell with doped groove regions separated by ridges Steven Molesa, Steve Kraft 2017-01-31 $2,315,000