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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:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
May. 07, 2008
Applicants:
Robert Stancel, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Martin R. Roscheisen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian M. Sager, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Paul M. Adriani, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Stancel, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Martin R. Roscheisen, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian M. Sager, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Paul M. Adriani, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Nanosolar, Inc, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/042 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Improved photovoltaic devices, and more specifically, improved building integrated photovoltaic devices are described herein. In one embodiment, the photovoltaic roofing structure may be comprised of a roofing tile having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a recessed portion; a photovoltaic module sized to fit within the recessed portion of the roofing structure.