Patent Assignment
Reel/Frame 043177/0581
Patent Security Agreement
Recorded: 2017-07-12
Pages: 20
Assignor
FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Executed: 2017-07-10
Assignee
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
10 S. DEARBORN ST., 7TH FLOOR, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, 60603
Covered Properties
(275)
Apparatus and Method for Depositing a Semiconductor Material
Patent:
6,037,241 →
Application:
09/026,139 →
Apparatus and Method for Depositing a Material on a Substrate
Patent:
5,945,163 →
Application:
09/026,140 →
Reclaiming Metallic Material from an Article Comprising a Non-Metallic Friable Substrate
Patent:
6,129,779 →
Application:
09/076,191 →
Recycling Silicon Photovoltaic Modules
Patent:
6,063,995 →
Application:
09/116,287 →
Method and Apparatus for Etching Coated Substrates
Patent:
6,348,159 →
Application:
09/250,654 →
Glass Substrate Deposition System Having Lateral Alignment Mechanism
Patent:
6,058,740 →
Application:
09/256,495 →
Apparatus and Method for Laser Scribing a Coated Substrate
Patent:
6,300,593 →
Application:
09/457,062 →
Apparatus for Reclaiming Cadmium and Tellurium from Cadmium Tellurium Solar Cells
Patent:
6,391,165 →
Application:
09/573,100 →
Volatile Organometallic Complexes of Lowered Reactivity Suitable for Use in Chemical Vapor Deposition of Metal Oxide Films
Method and Apparatus for Laser Scribing Glass Sheet Substrate Coatings
Chemical Vapor Deposition System
Photovoltaic Array
Volatile Organometallic Complexes Suitable for Use in Chemical Vapor Depositions on Metal Oxide Films
Method and Apparatus for Laser Scribing Glass Sheet Substrate Coatings
Photovoltaic Array
Apparatus and Method for Depositing a Material on a Substrate
Method and apparatus for laser scribing glass sheet substrate coatings
System and Method for Removing Film from Planar Substrate Peripheries
System and Method for Depositing a Material on a Substrate
System and Method for Depositing a Material on a Substrate
System and Method for Depositing a Material on a Substrate
System and Method for Depositing a Material on a Substrate
System and Method for Separating Tellurium from Cadmium Waste
Material Supply System and Method
System and method for transport
System and method for deposition of a material on a substrate
Transport Device, in Particular for Transporting Sheet-Like Substrates Through a Coating Installation
Photovoltaic devices including nitrogen-containing metal contact
Photovoltaic Array
Manufacture of Photovoltaic Devices
Photovoltaic devices including heterojunctions
Photovoltaic Devices Including Doped Semiconductor Films
Low-Profile Single-Axis Tracker with Wind Mitigation
Patent:
8,324,496 →
Application:
12/315,953 →
System and Method for Depositing a Material on a Substrate
Transparent Conductive Materials Including Cadmium Stannate
Photovoltaic Devices Including Mg-Doped Semiconductor Films
Modular System and Process for Continuous Deposition of a Thin Film Layer on a Substrate
Modular System and Process for Continuous Deposition of a Thin Film Layer on a Substrate
System for Cadmium Telluride (Cdte) Reclamation in a Vapor Deposition Conveyor Assembly
Vapor Deposition Apparatus and Process for Continuous Deposition of a Thin Film Layer on a Substrate
Method of P-Type Doping of Cadmium Telluride
Method of Making Photovoltaic Cell
Conveyor Assembly with Removable Rollers for a Vapor Deposition System
Automatic Feed System and Related Process for Introducing Source Material to a Thin Film Vapor Deposition System
Wireless Temperature Profiling System
Photovoltaic Power Plant Output
Photovoltaic Device
Rooftop Photovoltaic Module Mounting System
Inverter Cooler
Photovoltaic Inverter
Inverter Power System
Photovoltaic Grounding
Methods of Forming a Conductive Transparent Oxide Film Layer for Use in a Cadmium Telluride Based Thin Film Photovoltaic Device
Methods of Forming a Conductive Transparent Oxide Film Layer for Use in a Cadmium Telluride Based Thin Film Photovoltaic Device
Methods of Forming a Conductive Transparent Oxide Film Layer for Use in a Cadmium Telluride Based Thin Film Photovoltaic Device
Methods for Forming Back Contact Electrodes for Cadmium Telluride Photovoltaic Cells
Methods for High-Rate Sputtering of a Compound Semiconductor on Large Area Substrates
Seal Configuration for a System for Continuous Deposition of a Thin Film Layer on a Substrate
Treatment of Thin Film Layers Photovoltaic Module Manufacture
Vapor Deposition Apparatus and Process for Continuous Indirect Deposition of a Thin Film Layer on a Substrate
Powder feed rate sensor
System and Method for Cleaning and Cooling Solar Panels
Patent:
9,016,292 →
Application:
12/792,726 →
Dopant-Containing Contact Material
Photovoltaic Module Ground Mount
Methods for Forming Selectively Deposited Thin Films
Thin Film Article and Method for Forming a Reduced Conductive Area in Transparent Conductive Films for Photovoltaic Modules
Apparatus and Methods of Forming a Conductive Transparent Oxide Film Layer for Use in a Cadmium Telluride Based Thin Film Photovoltaic Device
Methods of Forming a Conductive Transparent Oxide Film Layer for Use in a Cadmium Telluride Based Thin Film Photovoltaic Device
Solar Cell Front Contact Doping
Photovoltaic (Pv) Module with Improved Bus Tape to Foil Ribbon Contact
Slider Clip and Photovoltaic Structure Mounting System
Cloud Tracking
Removal Tool
Photovoltaic Lead Manufacture
Apparatus and Method for Depositing a Material on a Substrate
Anisotropic Conductive Layer as a Back Contact in Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices
Methods of Forming an Anisotropic Conductive Layer as a Back Contact in Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices
Photovoltaic Back Contact
Cord Plate
System and Method for Tracking and Removing Coating from an Edge of a Substrate
Sputtering Cathode Having a Non-Bonded Semiconducting Target
Photovoltaic Device and Method for Making
Patent:
8,044,477 →
Application:
12/894,242 →
Photovoltaic Module
Systems and Methods of Intermixing Cadmium Sulfide Layers and Cadmium Telluride Layers for Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices
Patent:
7,939,363 →
Application:
12/913,296 →
Methods of Sputtering Cadmium Sulfide Layers for Use in Cadmium Telluride Based Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices
Patent:
7,943,415 →
Application:
12/913,390 →
Method for Making Cadmium Sulfide Layer
Patent:
8,119,513 →
Application:
12/951,108 →
Methods of Installing Photovoltaic Structures on a Support Element
Methods of Manufacturing a Slider Clip for Holding a Photovoltaic Structure
Slider Clip and Photovoltaic Structure Mounting System
Photovoltaic Structure Mounting Apparatus and System Having a Slider Clip
Cable Bus
Photovoltaic Window Layer
Application:
12/969,075 →
Publication:
US 2011/0139240
Temporally Variable Deposition Rate of Cdte in Apparatus and Process for Continuous Deposition
Method of Making a Transparent Conductive Oxide Layer and a Photovoltaic Device
Non-Wear Shutter Apparatus for a Vapor Deposition Apparatus
Entrance and Exit Roll Seal Configuration for a Vapor Deposition System
Photovoltaic Module Support System
System and Method for Depositing a Material on a Substrate
System and Method for Depositing a Material on a Substrate
Solar Module Test Control
Photovoltaic Module Manufacture
Deposition Chamber Cleaning System and Method
Photovoltaic Device with Crystalline Layer
Dynamic System for Variable Heating or Cooling of Linearly Conveyed Substrates
Apparatus and Systems for Intermixing Cadmium Sulfide Layers and Cadmium Telluride Layers for Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices
Particle Detector
Methods of Temporally Varying the Laser Intensity During Scribing a Photovoltaic Device
Methods and Apparatus for Reducing Variations in the Laser Intensity During Scribing a Photovoltaic Device
Control System for Photovoltaic Power Plant
Mechanical Load Testing System and Pressure Applicator for a Photovoltaic Device
Simultaneous Qe Scanning System and Methods for Photovoltaic Devices
Multi-Layer N-Type Stack for Cadmium Telluride Based Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices and Methods of Making
Multi-Layer N-Type Stack for Cadmium Telluride Based Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices and Methods of Making
Methods of Forming a Window Layer in a Cadmium Telluride Based Thin Film Photovoltaic Device
Photovoltaic Devices and Method of Making
System and Method for Depositing a Material on a Substrate
Edge Processing of Photovoltaic Substrates
Photoluminescence Spectroscopy
Back Contact for a Photovoltaic Module
Real-Time Photovoltaic Power Plant Control System
Anti-Reflective and Anti-Soiling Coatings with Self-Cleaning Properties
Connection Assembly Protection
Temperature-Adjusted Spectrometer
In-Line Metrology System
Method for Making Photovotlaic Devices Using Oxygenated Semiconductor Thin Film Layers
Photoluminescence Measurement
Folding Mount for Photovoltaic Modules
Apparatus for Metering Granular Source Material in a Thin Film Vapor Deposition Apparatus
System and Method for Applying Tape to a Surface
In-Process Electrical Connector
Photovoltaic Module Cleaner
Tape Detection System
Photovoltaic Device with Oxide Layer
Tape Applicator
Electrical Contact
Anti-Reflective Photovoltaic Module
Tape Dispenser
System and Method for Laser Modulation
High Speed Spectrometer
Manufacture of Photovoltaic Devices
Photovoltaic Device Containing an N-Type Dopant Source
Photovoltaic Device with a Zinc Magnesium Oxide Window Layer
Methods of Making Photovoltaic Devices
In-Line Deposition System and Process for Deposition of a Thin Film Layer
Photovoltaic Device and Method for Making
Heat Strengthening of a Glass Superstrate for Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices
Methods for Forming a Transparent Oxide Layer for a Photovoltaic Device
Side Edge Cleaning Methods and Apparatus for Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices
Three Terminal Thin Film Photovoltaic Module and Their Methods of Manufacture
Methods of Short Wavelength Laser Scribing of a Thin Film Photovoltaic Device
Patent:
8,377,737 →
Application:
13/308,367 →
Electrical Connection System
Manufacturing Methods for Semiconductor Devices
Photovoltaic Devices and Method of Making
Doping an Absorber Layer of a Photovoltaic Device via Diffusion from a Window Layer
Glass Handling Assembly
System and Method for Gapping Conveyed Substrates
Electrical Test Apparatus for a Photovoltaic Component
Photovoltaic Device
Electrical Test Apparatus for a Photovoltaic Component
Photovoltaic Power Plant Output
Manufacturing Methods for Semiconductor Devices
Modular System and Process for Continuous Deposition of a Thin Film Layer on a Substrate
Dual Lasers for Removing Glass-Side Debris During the Manufacture of Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices
Solar Tracking Bearing and Solar Tracking System Employing Same
Apparatus and Method Employing a Grinder Wheel Coolant Guard
Direct Connection of Lead Bar to Conductive Ribbon in a Thin Film Photovoltaic Device
Method of Controlling the Amount of Cu Doping When Forming a Back Contact of a Photovoltaic Cell
Methods of Treating a Semiconductor Layer
Photovoltaic Devices
Feeder System and Method for a Vapor Transport Deposition System
Transporting Device, in Particular for Transporting Sheet-Like Substrates Through a Coating Installation
Method of Etching a Semiconductor Layer of a Photovoltaic Device
System and Method for Estimating the Short Circuit Current of a Solar Device
Metal Barrier-Doped Metal Contact Layer
Method and Apparatus for Electrically Accessing Photovoltaic Modules
System and Method for Depositing a Material on a Substrate
Method of Processing a Semiconductor Assembly
Photovoltaic Device
System and Method for Measuring Layer Thickness and Depositing Semiconductor Layers
Photovoltaic Device and Method of Formation
Vapor Transport Deposition Method and System for Material Co-Deposition
Spatially Distributed Cds in Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices and Their Methods of Manufacture
Method and Apparatus Providing Temperature Uniformity
Method and Apparatus Providing Single Step Vapor Chloride Treatment and Photovoltaic Modules
Method for Treating a Semiconductor
Patent:
8,697,480 →
Application:
13/682,876 →
Photovoltaic Devices Including Mg-Doped Semiconductor Films
Deposition Chamber Cleaning System and Method
Methods of Fabricating a Photovoltaic Module, and Related System
Method and Apparatus for Laser Marking an Object
Method and System of Providing Dopant Concentration Control in Different Layers of a Semiconductor Device
Vapor Deposition Apparatus and Process for Continuous Indirect Deposition of a Thin Film Layer on a Substrate
Process for Continuous Deposition of a Sublimated Source Material to Form a Thin Film Layer on a Substrate
Integrated Vapor Transport Deposition Method and System
Application:
13/754,535 →
Publication:
US 2013/0203202
In Situ Substrate Detection for a Processing System Using Infrared Detection
Photovoltaic Module Support System
Method and Apparatus for Forming a Transparent Conductive Oxide Using Hydrogen
Photovoltaic Device and Method of Manufacture
Slider Clip and Photovoltaic Structure Mounting System
System and Method for Photovoltaic Device Temperature Control While Conditioning a Photovoltaic Device
Apparatus and Method for Forming a Transparent Conductive Oxide Layer Over a Substrate Using a Laser
Integrated Power Connectors for Pv Modules and Their Methods of Manufacture
System and Method of Solar Module Biasing
Photovoltaic Devices and Method of Making
Photovoltaic Devices and Method of Making
Photovoltaic Devices
Photovoltaic Device
Back Contact Paste with Te Enrichment and Copper Doping Control in Thin Film Photovoltaic Devices
Vapor Deposition Apparatus for Continuous Deposition of Multiple Thin Film Layers on a Substrate
Method and Apparatus Providing Multi-Step Deposition of Thin Film Layer
Photovoltaic Devices Including Heterojunctions
Back Contact Electrodes for Cadmium Telluride Photovoltaic Cells
Method and System for Manufacturing Back Contacts of Photovoltaic Devices
System and Method for Laser Modulation
Physical Vapor Deposition Tile Arrangement and Physical Vapor Deposition Arrangement
Photovoltaic Back Contact
In-Line Metrology System
System and Method for Deposition of a Material on a Substrate
Method and System for in-Line Real-Time Measurements of Layers of Multilayered Front Contacts of Photovoltaic Devices and Calculation of Opto-Electronic Properties and Layer Thicknesses Thereof
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING COPPER(Cu) OR ANTIMONY(Sb) DOPED ZINC TELLURIDE AND CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE LAYERS IN A PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE
System and Method for Removing Coating from an Edge of a Substrate
Application:
14/140,830 →
Publication:
US 2014/0103580
Zinc Blende Cadmium-Manganese-Telluride with Reduced Hole Compensation Effects and Methods for Forming the Same
System and Method for Depositing a Material on a Substrate
Photovoltaic Module Ground Mount
Photovoltaic Device with Protective Layer Over a Window Layer and Method of Manufacture of the Same
Photovoltaic Device Including a P-N Junction and Method of Manufacturing
Method and Apparatus Providing Inline Photoluminescence Analysis of a Photovoltaic Device
Method of Reducing Semiconductor Window Layer Loss During Thin Film Photovoltaic Device Fabrication, and Resulting Device Structure
High Efficiency Photovoltaic Device Employing Cadmium Sulfide Telluride and Method of Manufacture
Photovoltaic Device Having Improved Back Electrode and Method of Formation
Application:
14/209,924 →
Publication:
US 2014/0261667
System and Method for Mounting Photovoltaic Modules
Method of Manufacturing a Photovoltaic Device
Photovoltaic Device Including A Back Contact And Method Of Manufacturing
Methods of Making Photovoltaic Devices
Method for Treating a Semiconductor
Temperature-Adjusted Spectrometer
Method of P-Type Doping of Cadmium Telluride
Method of Manufacturing a Photovoltaic Device
Photovoltaic Module Support System
Slider Clip and Photovoltaic Structure Mounting System
Photovoltaic Devices and Method of Manufacturing
Doping An Absorber Layer Of A Photovoltaic Device Via Diffusion From A Window Layer
Method and Apparatus Providing Multi-Step Deposition of Thin Film Layer
Photovoltaic Devices and Method of Manufacturing
Method for Deposition
Application:
14/640,595 →
Publication:
US 2015/0187981
System and Method for Photovoltaic Device Temperature Control While Conditioning a Photovoltaic Device
System and Method for Transport
Photovaltaic Device Conducting Layer
System and Method for Vapor Transporting and Depositing Material on a Substrate
Application:
14/703,396 →
Publication:
US 2015/0236191
Photovoltaic Device with a Zinc Magnesium Oxide Window Layer
Dry Brush Assembly and Method of Operating Dry Brush Assembly for Cleaning Solar Panel Modules
Universal Cassette
Application:
14/838,510 →
Publication:
US 2016/0065121
Solar Cell Front Contact Doping
Application:
14/844,689 →
Publication:
US 2015/0380600
Photovoltaic Devices Including Nitrogen-Containing Metal Contact
Application:
14/847,738 →
Publication:
US 2015/0380601
System for Operation of Photovoltaic Power Plant and Dc Power Collection Within
Mounting Device for a Photovoltaic Module
Photovoltaic Module Support System
Photovoltaic Device Including a Back Contact and Method of Manufacturing
METHOD AND APPARATUS FORMING COPPER (Cu) OR ANTIMONY (Sb) DOPED ZINC TELLURIDE AND CADMIUM ZINC TELLURIDE LAYERS IN A PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE
Application:
15/001,794 →
Publication:
US 2016/0141444
Methods of Fabricating a Photovoltaic Module, and Related System
Process For Making Powder Alloys Containing Cadmium And Selenium
Method for Laser Curing of Anti-Reflective Coatings
Application:
15/057,715 →
Publication:
US 2016/0260848
Method and Apparatus Providing Single Step Vapor Chloride Treatment and Photovoltaic Modules
Application:
15/069,555 →
Publication:
US 2016/0197226
Photovoltaic Dc Power Distribution System
Back Contact for a Photovoltaic Module
Application:
15/165,702 →
Publication:
US 2016/0276521
Vapor Transport Deposition Method and System for Material Co-Deposition
Apparatus and Method for Improving Efficiency of Thin-Film Photovoltaic Devices
Application:
15/342,533 →
Publication:
US 2017/0054052
Photovoltaic Devices and Method of Manufacturing
Method and System for Manufacturing Back Contacts of Photovoltaic Devices
Application:
15/374,467 →
Publication:
US 2017/0092799
Doping an Absorber Layer of a Photovoltaic Device via Diffusion from a Window Layer
Application:
15/384,627 →
Publication:
US 2017/0104108
Photovoltaic Devices and Method of Making
Photovoltaic Device Including a P-N Junction and Method of Manufacturing
Photovoltaic Device and Methods of Forming the Same
Application:
15/619,674 →
Publication:
US 2017/0288073
Solar Module
Patent:
644,986 →
Application:
29/345,439 →
Solar Module
Patent:
644,987 →
Application:
29/345,441 →
Photovoltaic Device
Patent:
739,345 →
Application:
29/448,533 →
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Security Agreement
Jul 19, 2013
From: FIRST SOLAR, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 030832/0088 →
Corrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Application 13/895113 Erroneously Assigned by First Solar, Inc. to Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. on July 19, 2013 Previously Recorded on Reel 030832 Frame 0088. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Patent Application to Be Assigned Is 13/633664.
Sep 19, 2014
From: FIRST SOLAR, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
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Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 15, 2021
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: FIRST SOLAR, INC.
Reel/Frame 058132/0261 →
Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 15, 2021
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: FIRST SOLAR, INC.
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Security Interest
Jul 10, 2023
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