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List of all First Solar patents 55 in total

Status Patent
Application
Utility: THIN FILM STACKS FOR GROUP V DOPING, PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS FOR FORMING PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES WITH THIN FILM STACKS External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 8 Sep 2022
Application
Utility: THIN-FILM DEPOSITION METHODS WITH THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF EVAPORATION SOURCES External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 18 Aug 2022
Grant
Utility: Photovoltaic devices and method of making External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 16 Aug 2022
Grant
Utility: Solar cells and methods of making the same External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 21 Jun 2022
Grant
Utility: Thin film stacks for group V doping, photovoltaic devices including the same, and methods for forming photovoltaic devices with thin film stacks External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 24 May 2022
Grant
Utility: Thin-film deposition methods with thermal management of evaporation sources External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 10 May 2022
Application
Utility: METAL OXYNITRIDE BACK CONTACT LAYERS FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 31 Mar 2022
Grant
Utility: Method and apparatus for operating a photovoltaic device External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 29 Mar 2022
Application
Utility: PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 3 Mar 2022
Grant
Design: Photovoltaic device External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 1 Mar 2022
Grant
Design: Photovoltaic device External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 15 Feb 2022
Application
Utility: DOPED PHOTOVOLTAIC SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS AND METHODS OF MAKING External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 10 Feb 2022
Application
Utility: PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE INCLUDING A P-N JUNCTION AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 10 Feb 2022
Application
Utility: Photovoltaic Devices with Textured TCO Layers, and Methods of Making TCO Stacks External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 13 Jan 2022
Grant
Utility: Devices and methods for making polycrystalline alloys External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 28 Dec 2021
Application
Utility: Photovoltaic Devices and Method of Making External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 23 Dec 2021
Grant
Utility: Methods for group V doping of photovoltaic devices External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 14 Dec 2021
Application
Utility: Buffer Layers for Photovoltaic Devices with Group V Doping External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 2 Dec 2021
Application
Utility: METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USE WITH PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 18 Nov 2021
Grant
Utility: Photovoltaic devices and method of making External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 2 Nov 2021
Grant
Utility: Doped photovoltaic semiconductor layers and methods of making External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 26 Oct 2021
Application
Utility: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VAPORIZATION AND VAPOR DISTRIBUTION External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 30 Sep 2021
Application
Utility: Photovoltaic Devices Including An Interfacial Layer External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 16 Sep 2021
Application
Utility: PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHODS OF MAKING External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 9 Sep 2021
Application
Utility: FLUID-ASSISTED THERMAL MANAGEMENT OF EVAPORATION SOURCES External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 1 Jul 2021
Application
Utility: DOPED PHOTOVOLTAIC SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS AND METHODS OF MAKING External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 13 May 2021
Application
Utility: PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES INCLUDING DOPED SEMICONDUCTOR FILMS External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 25 Mar 2021
Application
Utility: PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES WITH NARROW SCRIBES AND METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FORMING THE SAME External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 25 Mar 2021
Application
Utility: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Mar 2021
Application
Utility: ANNEALING MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR ANNEALING PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES WITH ANNEALING MATERIALS External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 11 Feb 2021
Application
Utility: METHODS FOR GROUP V DOPING OF PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 4 Feb 2021
Grant
Utility: Photovoltaic devices and method of manufacturing External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 19 Jan 2021
Application
Utility: LAYER STRUCTURES FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 24 Dec 2020
Grant
Utility: Photovoltaic devices including doped semiconductor films External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 8 Dec 2020
Grant
Design: Photovoltaic device External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 8 Dec 2020
Application
Utility: PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS WITH GROUP V DOPANTS AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 3 Dec 2020
Application
Utility: Photovoltaic Devices and Method of Making External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 5 Nov 2020
Application
Utility: ABSORBER LAYERS WITH MERCURY FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR FORMING THE SAME External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 29 Oct 2020
Grant
Utility: Frame assemblies and photovoltaic devices including the same External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 20 Oct 2020
Grant
Utility: Photovoltaic devices and method of making External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 22 Sep 2020
Application
Utility: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VAPORIZATION AND VAPOR DISTRIBUTION External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 27 Aug 2020
Grant
Utility: Vapor transport deposition method and system for material co-deposition External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 18 Aug 2020
Grant
Utility: Methods of hermetically sealing photovoltaic modules External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 28 Jul 2020
Application
Utility: PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE AND METHODS OF FORMING THE SAME External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 27 Feb 2020
Grant
Utility: System and method for transport External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 25 Feb 2020
Application
Utility: PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 20 Feb 2020
Application
Utility: THIN FILM STACKS FOR GROUP V DOPING, PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHODS FOR FORMING PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES WITH THIN FILM STACKS External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 30 Jan 2020
Grant
Utility: Photovoltaic devices and method of manufacturing External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 7 Jan 2020
Application
Utility: Solar Cells and Methods of Making the Same External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 28 Nov 2019
Application
Utility: Ag-Doped Photovoltaic Devices and Method of Making External link
Filling date: 25 Sep 2025 Issue date: 28 Nov 2019

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