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Bulent M. Basol — 171 Patents

SOSolopower: 45 patents #1 of 19Top 6%
NSNovellus Systems: 39 patents #6 of 780Top 1%
ANAsm Nutool: 31 patents #1 of 23Top 5%
NUNutool: 27 patents #2 of 16Top 15%
ITInternational Solar Electric Technology: 4 patents #2 of 11Top 20%
TOThe Standard Oil: 3 patents #139 of 601Top 25%
MOMonosolar: 2 patents #2 of 9Top 25%
T(The Standard Oil Company (Ohio): 1 patents #17 of 43Top 40%
Manhattan Beach, CA: #1 of 861 inventorsTop 1%
California: #781 of 386,348 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #4,749 of 4,157,543Top 1%
171 Patents All Time
Bulent M. Basol has been granted 171 US patents while listed as an inventor at Solopower. The first was granted in 1983 and the most recent in May 2025. Bulent M. Basol ranks #4,749 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 0.11%). Patent records list Bulent M. Basol in Manhattan Beach, CA, US.

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Showing 1–25 of 171 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12313669 Methods and tools for electrical property depth profiling using electro-etching Abhijeet Joshi 2025-05-27
11699622 Methods and apparatus for test pattern forming and film property measurement Jalal Ashjaee, Abhijeet Joshi 2023-07-11
11289386 Methods and apparatus for test pattern forming and film property measurement Jalal Ashjaee, Abhijeet Joshi 2022-03-29
10790203 Methods and systems for material property profiling of thin films Abhijeet Joshi, Jalal Ashjaee 2020-09-29
9103033 Reel-to-reel reaction of precursor film to form solar cell absorber 2015-08-11
8916412 High efficiency cadmium telluride solar cell and method of fabrication 2014-12-23
8771419 Roll to roll evaporation tool for solar absorber precursor formation Mustafa Pinarbasi 2014-07-08
8580603 Method of fabricating solar cells with electrodeposited compound interface layers 2013-11-12
8444842 Electroplating methods and chemistries for deposition of group IIIA-group via thin films Jiaxiong Wang, Serdar Aksu 2013-05-21
8415559 Method for forming copper indium gallium chalcogenide layer with shaped gallium profile 2013-04-09
8323408 Methods and apparatus to provide group VIA materials to reactors for group IBIIIAVIA film formation Howard Gordon Zolla, Douglas W. Young 2012-12-04
8323735 Method and apparatus to form solar cell absorber layers with planar surface 2012-12-04
8318240 Method and apparatus to remove a segment of a thin film solar cell structure for efficiency improvement Geordie Zapalac, David Aitan Soltz 2012-11-27
8318530 Solar cell buffer layer having varying composition Mustafa Pinarbasi, James Mac Freitag 2012-11-27
8318239 Method and apparatus for detecting and passivating defects in thin film solar cells David Aitan Soltz 2012-11-27
8258001 Method and apparatus for forming copper indium gallium chalcogenide layers 2012-09-04
8252621 Method for forming copper indium gallium chalcogenide layer with optimized gallium content at its surface 2012-08-28
8236160 Plating methods for low aspect ratio cavities 2012-08-07
8225742 Apparatus for continuous processing of buffer layers for group IBIIIAVIA solar cells 2012-07-24
8207440 Photovoltaic modules with improved reliability 2012-06-26
8207012 Method and apparatus for achieving low resistance contact to a metal based thin film solar cell Mustafa Pinarbasi 2012-06-26
8197703 Method and apparatus for affecting surface composition of CIGS absorbers formed by two-stage process 2012-06-12
8192594 Technique and apparatus for depositing thin layers of semiconductors for solar cell fabrication 2012-06-05
8187904 Methods of forming thin layers of photovoltaic absorbers 2012-05-29
8188367 Multilayer structure to form absorber layers for solar cells 2012-05-29