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Denis De Ceuster — 21 Patents

SUSunpower: 20 patents #25 of 453Top 6%
TETetrasun: 1 patents #5 of 9Top 60%
Woodside, CA: #86 of 553 inventorsTop 20%
California: #27,449 of 386,348 inventorsTop 8%
Overall (All Time): #201,324 of 4,157,543Top 5%
21 Patents All Time
Denis De Ceuster has been granted 21 US patents while listed as an inventor at Sunpower. The first was granted in 2009 and the most recent in August 2021. Denis De Ceuster ranks #201,324 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 4.8%). Patent records list Denis De Ceuster in Woodside, CA, US.

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Showing 1–21 of 21 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
11107935 Solar cell with reduced base diffusion area Peter John Cousins 2021-08-31 $75,779,000
10903786 Preventing harmful polarization of solar cells Richard M. Swanson, Vikas Desai, Douglas Rose, David D. Smith, Neil Kaminar 2021-01-26 $90,918,000
10573764 Solar cell with reduced base diffusion area Peter John Cousins 2020-02-25 $12,658,000
10164567 Preventing harmful polarization of solar cells Richard M. Swanson, Vikas Desai, Douglas Rose, David D. Smith, Neil Kaminar 2018-12-25
9774294 Preventing harmful polarization of solar cells Richard M. Swanson, Vikas Desai, Douglas Rose, David D. Smith, Neil Kaminar 2017-09-26 $14,764,000
9577120 Anti-reflective coating with high optical absorption layer for backside contact solar cells Hsin-Chiao Luan 2017-02-21 $4,588,000
9564542 Selective transformation in functional films, and solar cell applications thereof Adrian Bruce Turner, Oliver Schultz-Wittmann, Douglas E. Crafts 2017-02-07
9035167 Preventing harmful polarization of solar cells Richard M. Swanson, Vikas Desai, Douglas Rose, David D. Smith, Neil Kaminar 2015-05-19 $9,872,000
8748736 Anti-reflective coating with high optical absorption layer for backside contact solar cells Hsin-Chiao Luan 2014-06-10 $57,106,000
8673673 Trench process and structure for backside contact solar cells with polysilicon doped regions Peter John Cousins, David D. Smith 2014-03-18 $61,303,000
8664519 Solar cell with reduced base diffusion area Peter John Cousins 2014-03-04 $20,860,000
8450134 Trench process and structure for backside contact solar cells with polysilicon doped regions Peter John Cousins, David D. Smith 2013-05-28 $12,408,000
8409912 Back side contact solar cell structures and fabrication processes Peter John Cousins, Richard M. Swanson, Jane Manning 2013-04-02 $8,069,000
8198528 Anti-reflective coating with high optical absorption layer for backside contact solar cells Hsin-Chiao Luan 2012-06-12 $8,694,000
8163638 Back side contact solar cell structures and fabrication processes Peter John Cousins, Richard M. Swanson, Jane Manning 2012-04-24 $10,643,000
8008575 Solar cell with reduced base diffusion area Peter John Cousins 2011-08-30
7851698 Trench process and structure for backside contact solar cells with polysilicon doped regions Peter John Cousins, David D. Smith 2010-12-14
7820475 Back side contact solar cell structures and fabrication processes Peter John Cousins, Richard M. Swanson, Jane Manning 2010-10-26
7804022 Solar cell contact fingers and solder pad arrangement for enhanced efficiency 2010-09-28
7786375 Preventing harmful polarization of solar cells Richard M. Swanson, Vikas Desai, Douglas Rose, David D. Smith, Neil Kaminar 2010-08-31
7554031 Preventing harmful polarization of solar cells Richard M. Swanson, Vikas Desai, Douglas Rose, David D. Smith, Neil Kaminar 2009-06-30