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David Tanner — 33 Patents

Applied Materials: 10 patents #1,301 of 7,310Top 20%
ARAtlantic Richfield: 7 patents #82 of 1,068Top 8%
SISiemens Solar Industries: 6 patents #2 of 19Top 15%
GTGtat: 5 patents #13 of 101Top 15%
MTMerlin Solar Technologies: 5 patents #3 of 14Top 25%
San Jose, CA: #1,808 of 32,062 inventorsTop 6%
California: #15,252 of 386,348 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #105,480 of 4,157,543Top 3%
33 Patents All Time
David Tanner has been granted 33 US patents while listed as an inventor at Applied Materials. The first was granted in 1984 and the most recent in May 2022. David Tanner ranks #105,480 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 2.5%). Patent records list David Tanner in San Jose, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 33 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11349040 Photovoltaic cell having a coupled expanded metal article Venkateswaran Subbaraman, Gopal Prabhu, Venkatesan Murali 2022-05-31
10672927 Photovoltaic cell having a coupled expanded metal article Venkateswaran Subbaraman, Gopal Prabhu, Venkatesan Murali 2020-06-02
10181542 Photovoltaic cell having a coupled expanded metal article Venkateswaran Subbaraman, Gopal Prabhu, Venkatesan Murali 2019-01-15
9842945 Photovoltaic module with flexible circuit Alejandro de la Fuente Vornbrock, Arthur Rudin 2017-12-12
9685568 Photovoltaic module with flexible circuit Alejandro de la Fuente Vornbrock, Arthur Rudin 2017-06-20
9054238 Semiconductor with silver patterns having pattern segments Robert Brainard, Gopal Prabhu, Dong Xu 2015-06-09
8940998 Free-standing metallic article for semiconductors Steve Babayan, Robert Brainard, Arvind Chari, Alejandro de la Fuente Vornbrock, Venkatesan Murali +4 more 2015-01-27
8936709 Adaptable free-standing metallic article for semiconductors Steve Babayan, Robert Brainard, Arvind Chari, Alejandro de la Fuente Vornbrock, Venkatesan Murali +4 more 2015-01-20
8916038 Free-standing metallic article for semiconductors Steve Babayan, Robert Brainard, Arvind Chari, Alejandro de la Fuente Vornbrock, Venkatesan Murali +4 more 2014-12-23
8361835 Method for forming transparent conductive oxide Valery V. Komin, Hien Minh Le, James S. Papanu, Philip A. Greene, Suresh Shrauti +2 more 2013-01-29 $6,154,000
8349626 Creation of low-relief texture for a photovoltaic cell Zhiyong Li, Gopalakrishna B. Prabhu, Mohamed H. Hilali 2013-01-08
8333843 Process to remove metal contamination on a glass substrate Fang Mei 2012-12-18 $9,525,000
8318589 Method for forming transparent conductive oxide Valery V. Komin, Hien Minh Le, James S. Papanu, Philip A. Greene, Suresh Shrauti +2 more 2012-11-27 $5,138,000
8252624 Method of manufacturing thin film solar cells having a high conversion efficiency Hien Minh Le, Quancheng (Tommy) Gu, Shuran Sheng, Yong Kee Chae, Tzay-Fa Su +1 more 2012-08-28 $5,542,000
8225496 Automated integrated solar cell production line composed of a plurality of automated modules and tools including an autoclave for curing solar devices that have been laminated Robert Z. Bachrach, Yong Kee Chae, Soo Young Choi, Nicholas G. J. de Vries, Yacov Elgar +22 more 2012-07-24 $7,359,000
8138782 Photovoltaic cell solar simulator Yacov Elgar, Danny Cam Toan Lu, Tzay-Fa Su, Jeffrey S. Sullivan, Harry Whitesell 2012-03-20 $11,903,000
8065784 Apparatus for forming an electrical connection on a solar cell Danny Cam Toan Lu, Yacov Elgar, Jeffrey S. Sullivan 2011-11-29 $8,648,000
8024854 Automated solar cell electrical connection apparatus Danny Cam Toan Lu, Jeffrey S. Sullivan, Yacov Elgar 2011-09-27 $17,577,000
7908743 Method for forming an electrical connection Zhiyong Li, Chuck Luu, Gopalakrishna B. Prabhu, Danny Cam Toan Lu, Garry K. Kwong 2011-03-22 $5,133,000
7829356 Thin film scribe process Fang Mei, Tzay-Fa Su 2010-11-09 $8,686,000
5367442 Self-contained solar powered lamp John S. Frost, Kimberly E. Seegan 1994-11-22
5217296 Solar powered light John S. Frost, Mark R. Erickson, Fred A. Moore 1993-06-08
D333008 Adjustable exterior light John S. Frost, Ronald L. Sitzema, Jr. 1993-02-02
D332669 Solar powered light with motion sensor John S. Frost, Ronald L. Sitzema, Jr. 1993-01-19
5155668 Solar powered lamp utilizing cold cathode fluorescent illumination and method of facilitating same Mark R. Erickson, John S. Frost 1992-10-13