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Haifan Liang — 44 Patents

INIntermolecular: 22 patents #31 of 248Top 15%
Applied Materials: 15 patents #912 of 7,310Top 15%
MIMatrix Industries: 5 patents #3 of 13Top 25%
Harvard University: 1 patents #1,740 of 3,600Top 50%
Fremont, CA: #291 of 9,298 inventorsTop 4%
California: #9,924 of 386,348 inventorsTop 3%
Overall (All Time): #66,838 of 4,157,543Top 2%
44 Patents All Time
Haifan Liang has been granted 44 US patents while listed as an inventor at Intermolecular. The first was granted in 2000 and the most recent in April 2024. Haifan Liang ranks #66,838 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.6%). Patent records list Haifan Liang in Fremont, CA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 44 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11945045 Annealing apparatus using two wavelengths of radiation Dean Jennings, Mark Yam, Vijay Parihar, Abhilash J. Mayur, Aaron Muir Hunter +2 more 2024-04-02 $42,223,000
D937636 Thermoelectric beverage cooler Akram I. Boukai, Douglas W. Tham, Tristan Day 2021-12-07
10857623 Annealing apparatus using two wavelengths of radiation Dean Jennings, Mark Yam, Vijay Parihar, Abhilash J. Mayur, Aaron Muir Hunter +2 more 2020-12-08 $52,028,000
10644216 Methods and devices for forming thermoelectric elements Akram I. Boukai, Douglas W. Tham 2020-05-05
10580955 Thermoelectric devices and systems Akram I. Boukai, Douglas W. Tham, Eric C. Hale, Gregory Kress, Scott A. Steber +1 more 2020-03-03
10290796 Thermoelectric devices and systems Akram I. Boukai, Douglas W. Tham, Eric C. Hale, Gregory Kress, Scott A. Steber +1 more 2019-05-14
D819627 Thermoelectric smartwatch Akram I. Boukai, Douglas W. Tham, Eric C. Hale, Gregory Kress, Scott A. Steber +2 more 2018-06-05
9839976 Annealing apparatus using two wavelengths of radiation Dean Jennings, Mark Yam, Vijay Parihar, Abhilash J. Mayur, Aaron Muir Hunter +2 more 2017-12-12 $38,022,000
9299571 Compositional graded IGZO thin film transistor Sang Lee, Jeroen Van Duren 2016-03-29 $169,000
9263662 Method for forming thermoelectric element using electrolytic etching Akram I. Boukai, Douglas W. Tham 2016-02-16
9178097 Absorbers for high efficiency thin-film PV Jeroen Van Duren 2015-11-03 $43,000
9177876 Optical absorbers Jessica Eid, Minh Huu Le, Jeroen Van Duren 2015-11-03 $43,000
9112095 CIGS absorber formed by co-sputtered indium Teresa B. Sapirman, Philip Allan Kraus, Sang Lee, Jeroen Van Duren 2015-08-18 $581,000
9013021 Optical absorbers Jeroen Van Duren 2015-04-21 $141,000
8980682 Methods for fabricating ZnOSe alloys Jeroen Van Duren 2015-03-17 $176,000
8921151 Back-contact for thin film solar cells optimized for light trapping for ultrathin absorbers Jeroen Van Duren 2014-12-30 $389,000
8916411 Absorber layer for a thin film photovoltaic device with a double-graded band gap 2014-12-23 $789,000
8907247 Annealing apparatus using two wavelengths of laser radiation Dean Jennings, Mark Yam, Vijay Parihar, Abhilash J. Mayur, Aaron Muir Hunter +2 more 2014-12-09 $24,395,000
8900664 Method of fabricating high efficiency CIGS solar cells Jessica Eid, Jeroen Van Duren 2014-12-02 $263,000
8890024 Annealing apparatus using two wavelengths of continuous wave laser radiation Dean Jennings, Mark Yam, Vijay Parihar, Abhilash J. Mayur, Aaron Muir Hunter +2 more 2014-11-18 $27,822,000
8859406 Method of fabricating high efficiency CIGS solar cells Sang Lee, Wei-Jen Liu, Sandeep Nijhawan, Jeroen Van Duren 2014-10-14 $181,000
8859405 Method of fabricating high efficiency CIGS solar cells Sang Lee, Wei-Jen Liu, Sandeep Nijhawan, Jeroen Van Duren 2014-10-14 $181,000
8859323 Method of chalcogenization to form high quality cigs for solar cell applications 2014-10-14 $181,000
8852993 Absorber layer for a thin film photovoltaic device with a double-graded band gap 2014-10-07 $198,000
8852989 Back-contact for thin film solar cells optimized for light trapping for ultrathin absorbers Jeroen Van Duren 2014-10-07 $198,000