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Markus Gloeckler — 23 Patents

FSFirst Solar: 22 patents #2 of 324Top 1%
Perrysburg, OH: #17 of 459 inventorsTop 4%
Ohio: #2,717 of 73,341 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #178,160 of 4,157,543Top 5%
23 Patents All Time
Markus Gloeckler has been granted 23 US patents while listed as an inventor at First Solar. The first was granted in 2013 and the most recent in January 2025. Markus Gloeckler ranks #178,160 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.3%). Patent records list Markus Gloeckler in Perrysburg, OH, US.

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Showing 1–23 of 23 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12206037 Photovoltaic device with transparent tunnel junction Fang Mei, Wei Zhang 2025-01-21
11843070 Photovoltaic devices including doped semiconductor films Anke Abken, Roger T. Green, Akhlesh Gupta, Upali Jayamaha, Peter V. Meyers +1 more 2023-12-12 $195,861,000
11817516 Photovoltaic devices and method of manufacturing Dan Damjanovic, Feng Liao, Andrei Los, Dan Mao, Benjamin Milliron +6 more 2023-11-14 $192,382,000
11450778 Ag-doped photovoltaic devices and method of making Kenneth M. Ring, William Hullinger Huber, Hongying Peng, Gopal Mor, Feng Liao +2 more 2022-09-20 $156,992,000
10861994 Photovoltaic devices including doped semiconductor films Anke Abken, Roger T. Green, Akhlesh Gupta, Upali Jayamaha, Peter V. Meyers +1 more 2020-12-08 $115,017,000
10529883 Photovoltaic devices and method of manufacturing Dan Damjanovic, Feng Liao, Andrei Los, Dan Mao, Benjamin Milliron +6 more 2020-01-07 $41,667,000
10461207 Photovoltaic devices and method of manufacturing Dan Damjanovic, Feng Liao, Andrei Los, Dan Mao, Benjamin Milliron +6 more 2019-10-29 $41,519,000
10319873 Photovoltaic devices including doped semiconductor films Rick C. Powell, Upali Jayamaha, Anke Abken, Akhlesh Gupta, Roger T. Green +1 more 2019-06-11 $46,347,000
10056507 Photovoltaic device with a zinc magnesium oxide window layer Rui Shao 2018-08-21
10026861 Photovoltaic device and method of formation Igor Sankin, Benyamin Buller, Kieran Mark Tracy 2018-07-17 $29,322,000
9799784 High efficiency photovoltaic device employing cadmium sulfide telluride and method of manufacture Arnold Allenic, Zhigang Ban, Benyamin Buller, Benjamin Milliron, Xilin Peng +5 more 2017-10-24 $51,979,000
9640679 Photovoltaic device with oxide layer Benyamin Buller, Rui Shao, Yu Yang, Zhibo Zhao, Chungho Lee 2017-05-02 $37,776,000
9559247 Photovoltaic device containing an N-type dopant source 2017-01-31 $10,911,000
9525381 Method and apparatus for electrically accessing photovoltaic modules Imran Khan, Thomas Truman, Scott Jacoby, Michael R. Sweet, Jigish Trivedi +2 more 2016-12-20 $33,474,000
9406829 Method of manufacturing a photovoltaic device Pratima Addepalli, Benyamin Buller, Akhlesh Gupta, David Hwang, Andrei Los +6 more 2016-08-02 $43,128,000
9318642 Method and apparatus providing single step vapor chloride treatment and photovoltaic modules Akhlesh Gupta, Ricky C. Powell 2016-04-19 $62,303,000
9263608 Photovoltaic devices including doped semiconductor films Rick C. Powell, Upali Jayamaha, Anke Abken, Akhlesh Gupta, Roger T. Green +1 more 2016-02-16 $59,926,000
9236523 Method and apparatus for forming a transparent conductive oxide using hydrogen Benyamin Buller, David Hwang, Rui Shao, Zhibo Zhao 2016-01-12 $30,042,000
9153730 Solar cell front contact doping Benyamin Buller, Rui Shao 2015-10-06 $24,836,000
9082903 Photovoltaic device with a zinc magnesium oxide window layer Rui Shao 2015-07-14 $36,997,000
8940556 Electrical bias methods and apparatus for photovoltaic device manufacture Imran Khan, Jigish Trivedi, Thomas Truman 2015-01-27 $21,827,000
8445309 Anti-reflective photovoltaic module Benyamin Buller, Yu Yang 2013-05-21 $92,212,000
8431427 Photovoltaic module manufacture Imran Khan 2013-04-30 $79,959,000