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Gabriel Harley
GH
Gabriel Harley
— 5 Patents in 2025
MP
Maxeon Solar Pte.
:
5
patents
#1
of
46
Top 3%
Mountain View, CA
:
#148
of
2,056
inventors
Top 8%
California
:
#3,728
of
55,090
inventors
Top 7%
Overall
(2025):
#25,175
of
469,880
Top 6%
5
Patents 2025
Issued Patents
2025
Showing
1–5
of
5
patents
Patent #
Title
Co-Inventors
Date
12426401
One-dimensional metallization for solar cells
Richard Hamilton Sewell
,
David Fredric Joel Kavulak
,
Lewis Abra
,
Thomas Pass
,
Taeseok Kim
+2 more
2025-09-23
12408476
Foil-based metallization of solar cells
Taeseok Kim
,
Richard Hamilton Sewell
,
Michael Morse
,
David D. Smith
,
Matthieu Moors
+1 more
2025-09-02
12230727
Contacts for solar cells
Matthieu Moors
,
David D. Smith
,
Taeseok Kim
2025-02-18
12199201
Thermocompression bonding approaches for foil-based metallization of non-metal surfaces of solar cells
Richard Hamilton Sewell
,
Nils-Peter Harder
2025-01-14
12191404
Solar cell having conductive contacts in alignment with recast signatures
David D. Smith
,
Peter John Cousins
2025-01-07
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