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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Prem Nath, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Avtar Singh, Oak Park, MI (US);
Kermit Jones, Rochester, MI (US);
Assignee:
United Solar Systems Corporation, Troy, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04D 3/18 ; H02N 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04D 3/18 ; H02N 6/00 ;
Abstract
A photovoltaic building material comprises a substrate having one or more photovoltaic generating devices encapsulated thereupon. The substrate includes a body of contact adhesive material, preferably protected by a release layer. The material is readily installed onto a roof, wall or other portion of a building structure by use of the adhesive.