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USPTO Patent Rankings Data through Dec 31, 2025
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Brian Kuhn — 29 Patents

SUSunpower: 18 patents #28 of 453Top 7%
STSolarbridge Technologies: 4 patents #11 of 28Top 40%
UNUnirac: 4 patents #21 of 58Top 40%
EEEnphase Energy: 3 patents #29 of 128Top 25%
Austin, TX: #1,056 of 18,064 inventorsTop 6%
Texas: #4,128 of 125,132 inventorsTop 4%
Overall (All Time): #127,851 of 4,157,543Top 4%
29 Patents All Time
Brian Kuhn has been granted 29 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sunpower. The first was granted in 2012 and the most recent in July 2025. Brian Kuhn ranks #127,851 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 3.1%). Patent records list Brian Kuhn in Austin, TX, US.

Patents per Year

Patents granted per year, 2012 to 2025Bar chart with a peak of 4 patents in 2023.peak 42012: 1 patents20122013: 2 patents2014: 1 patents20142015: 3 patents2016: 2 patents20162017: 3 patents2018: 3 patents20182019: 1 patents2020: 1 patents20202021: 3 patents2023: 4 patents20232024: 1 patents2025: 4 patents2025

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 29 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12362572 Systems and methods for photovoltaic production curtailment and autonomous load breaking Sandeep Narla 2025-07-15
12294237 Photovoltaic disconnect device for storage integration Sandeep Narla, Kevin C. Fischer, Udo Uebel 2025-05-06
D1068692 Status display panel William J. Morris, Daidipya Patwa, Sandeep Narla 2025-04-01
12191705 Energy control system Sandeep Narla, Kevin C. Fischer, Udo Uebel, Marc A. Robinson 2025-01-07
12021388 Systems and methods for photovoltaic production curtailment and autonomous load breaking Sandeep Narla 2024-06-25 $14,308,000
11855482 Energy control system Sandeep Narla, Kevin C. Fischer, Udo Uebel, Marc A. Robinson 2023-12-26 $15,084,000
11811261 Backup load energy control system Sandeep Narla, Kevin C. Fischer, Udo Uebel, Marc A. Robinson 2023-11-07 $10,051,000
11695297 Photovoltaic disconnect device for storage integration Sandeep Narla, Kevin C. Fischer, Udo Uebel 2023-07-04
D978081 Enclosure William J. Morris, Daidipya Patwa, Sandeep Narla 2023-02-14
11201496 Energy control system Sandeep Narla, Kevin C. Fischer, Udo Uebel, Marc A. Robinson 2021-12-14 $72,596,000
11095249 Photovoltaic management and module-level power electronics Miles Bintz, Patrick L. Chapman, Jonathan Ehlmann, Julianne Frances Haugh, Dale Herman +2 more 2021-08-17 $346,050,000
D909974 Door William J. Morris, Daidipya Patwa, Sandeep Narla 2021-02-09
10615742 Photovoltaic management and module-level power electronics Miles Bintz, Patrick L. Chapman, Jonathan Ehlmann, Julianne Frances Haugh, Dale Herman +2 more 2020-04-07 $97,354,000
10483795 System and method for establishing communication with an array of inverters Edward John Krohne 2019-11-19 $40,114,000
10050446 Device and method for global maximum power point tracking Jonathan Ehlmann, Daniel Blair, Eric Martina, Patrick L. Chapman 2018-08-14 $5,750,000
10033221 System and method for establishing communication with an array of inverters Edward John Krohne 2018-07-24 $4,414,000
10003300 Photovoltaic management and module-level power electronics Miles Bintz, Patrick L. Chapman, Jonathan Ehlmann, Julianne Frances Haugh, Dale Herman +2 more 2018-06-19 $7,952,000
9843358 Device, system, and method for communicating with a power inverter using power line communications Philip Rothblum, Jonathan Ehlmann, Patrick L. Chapman 2017-12-12 $8,903,000
9806628 Apparatus and method for controlling DC-AC power conversion Patrick L. Chapman, Robert S. Balog, Jonathan W. Kimball, Philip T. Krein, Alexander Gray +1 more 2017-10-31 $8,210,000
9722504 Apparatus for converting direct current to alternating current using multiple converters Patrick L. Chapman, Robert S. Balog, Jonathan W. Kimball, Philip T. Krein, Alexander Gray 2017-08-01 $6,976,000
9477247 Device and method for global maximum power point tracking Jonathan Ehlmann, Daniel Blair, Eric Martina, Patrick L. Chapman 2016-10-25 $16,104,000
9276635 Device, system, and method for communicating with a power inverter using power line communications Philip Rothblum, Jonathan Ehlmann, Patrick L. Chapman 2016-03-01 $34,960,000
9225256 Apparatus and method for controlling DC-AC power conversion Patrick L. Chapman, Robert S. Balog, Jonathan W. Kimball, Philip T. Krein, Alexander Gray +1 more 2015-12-29 $11,413,000
9160408 System and method for establishing communication with an array of inverters Edward John Krohne 2015-10-13 $32,730,000
9093919 Apparatus for converting direct current to alternating current using a frequency converter Patrick L. Chapman, Robert S. Balog, Jonathan W. Kimball, Philip T. Krein, Alexander Gray 2015-07-28 $35,657,000