SOLARCITY CORP Patent Applications Rejected
59 applications abandoned without a patent; the status gives the reason, newest filing first, as the USPTO Open Data Portal records them; the company is the first-named applicant. The application number opens the full record at Patent Center.
- 2018-03-23: Application 15934895; Invention TILING FORMAT PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY SYSTEM; Applicant SolarCity Corporation; Status Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action.
- 2017-12-21: Application 15850263; Invention Power Factor Adjustment in Multi-Phase Power System; Applicant SolarCity Corporation; Status Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action.
- 2017-12-11: Application 15838322; Invention SOLAR PANEL FIRE SKIRT; Applicant SolarCity Corporation; Status Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action.
- 2017-03-21: Application 15465419; Invention SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEAVING PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES; Applicant SolarCity Corporation; Status Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action.
| Filed | Application | Invention | Applicant | Status | Published as | Inventor name | Inventor country | Examiner |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-23 | 15934895 | TILING FORMAT PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY SYSTEM | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20180278198A1 | Jason Fisher | United States | MOWLA, GOLAM |
| 2017-12-21 | 15850263 | Power Factor Adjustment in Multi-Phase Power System | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20180138823A1 | Paul Garrity Aaron M. Jungreis | United States United States | KESSIE, DANIEL |
| 2017-12-11 | 15838322 | SOLAR PANEL FIRE SKIRT | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20180099166A1 | Julian Ryba-White Damien Scott Ben Tarbell | United States United States United States | DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R. |
| 2017-03-21 | 15465419 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEAVING PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20180190860A1 | Seth M. Winger Bobby Yang Peter P. Nguyen Zheng Xu | United States United States United States United States | ALAM, MOHAMMED R |
| 2017-01-06 | 15400874 | PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES WITH SEGMENTED BUSBARS FOR INCREASED THERMAL CYCLING RELIABILITY | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20180198008A1 | Scott Tripp Milan Padilla | United States United States | MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK |
| 2016-12-21 | 15387578 | ALIGNMENT MARKERS FOR PRECISION AUTOMATION OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR PANELS AND METHODS OF USE | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20180175233A1 | Anand Junuthula Reddy Godfrey S. Suarez | United States United States | BOURKE, ALLISON |
| 2016-12-01 | 15366983 | LOW-COST HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR MODULE USING EPITAXIAL SI THIN-FILM ABSORBER AND DOUBLE-SIDED HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELL WITH INTEGRATED MODULE FABRICATION | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20170148943A1 | Jiunn Benjamin Heng Chentao Yu Zheng Xu Jianming Fu Peijun Ding | United States United States United States United States United States | BAUMANN, LIESL C |
| 2016-11-29 | 15363901 | ANTI-CORROSION PROTECTION IN PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20180151766A1 | Christoph G. Erben Milan Padilla Zhi-Wen Sun | United States United States United States | MARTIN, MATTHEW T |
| 2016-11-18 | 15356367 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING LAYOUT OF DEVICES IN SOLAR INSTALLATIONS | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20170070051A1 | Asim Mumtaz | United Kingdom | ALHIJA, SAIF A |
| 2016-11-08 | 15346573 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIN PLATING METAL ELECTRODES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20170194517A1 | Christoph G. Erben Zhi-Wen Sun | United States United States | CONTRERAS, CIEL P |
| 2016-10-14 | 15294183 | APPARATUS FOR ELECTROPLATING OF ELECTRODES ON PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20170110622A1 | Nicholas G. J. de Vries Zhi-Wen Sun | United States United States | KEELING, ALEXANDER W |
| 2016-10-14 | 15294042 | COLORED PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20170345954A1 | Yangsen Kang Zhigang Xie Jianhua Hu Zheng Xu | United States United States United States United States | BAUMANN, LIESL C |
| 2016-10-10 | 15289529 | CORROSION RESISTANT PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20180102452A1 | Zhi-Wen Sun Jianming Fu | United States United States | CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN |
| 2016-09-09 | 15261507 | ANTI-CORROSION PROTECTION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20170077320A1 | Zhi-Wen Sun Jianming Fu | United States United States | GOLDEN, ANDREW J |
| 2016-09-02 | 15256357 | HANDLING OF STACKED SUBSTRATES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20180065820A1 | Valeriy S. Litvak | United States | GONZALEZ, LUIS A |
| 2016-08-23 | 15244885 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL CONTACT FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20180062008A1 | Zhigang Xie Yangsen Kang Phillip M. Wu Jianhua Hu | United States United States United States United States | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA |
| 2016-07-15 | 15211188 | WIRE CLIP FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20180019703A1 | Charles Bernardo Almy Brian Despard West | United States United States | BAKHTIARI, NIKI |
| 2016-07-13 | 15209307 | GRIDLESS PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING A STRING USING THE SAME | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20180019349A1 | Christoph G. Erben | United States | MCCLAIN, WILLIAM E |
| 2016-03-16 | 15072200 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A PATTERN ON A PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURE | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20170271536A1 | Christoph G. Erben Zhi-Wen Sun | United States United States | KOLAHDOUZAN, HAJAR |
| 2016-03-04 | 15061936 | RADIO-FREQUENCY SPUTTERING SYSTEM WITH ROTARY TARGET FOR FABRICATING SOLAR CELLS | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Pay Issue Fee | US20160189940A1 | Zhigang Xie Wei Wang Zheng Xu Jianming Fu | United States United States United States United States | MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN |
| 2016-03-02 | 15059148 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS WITH VARIOUS GEOMETRICAL SHAPES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20170256661A1 | Zheng Xu | United States | SCHMIEDEL, EDWARD |
| 2016-01-15 | 14997313 | DYNAMIC SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR QUARTZ PROCESS CHAMBER | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20160133778A1 | Robert T. Trujillo Steven C. Beese Yan Rozenzon | United States United States United States | LUND, JEFFRIE ROBERT |
| 2015-12-30 | 14985356 | METHODS FOR MOUNTING A JUNCTION BOX ON A GLASS SOLAR MODULE WITH CUTOUT | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20170194900A1 | Christoph Erben Scott Tripp | United States United States | SCHMIEDEL, EDWARD |
| 2015-12-30 | 14985338 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING WIRES IN A SOLAR MODULE | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20170170336A1 | Bobby Yang Lilja Magnusdottir Peter Nguyen | United States United States United States | HORTON, DUJUAN A |
| 2015-12-30 | 14985263 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20160359080A1 | Yongkee Chae Jianming Fu | United States United States | MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT |
| 2015-12-30 | 14985223 | ADVANCED DESIGN OF METALLIC GRID IN PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20170194516A1 | Anand J. Reddy Jiunn Benjamin Heng | United States United States | GOLDEN, ANDREW J |
| 2015-12-28 | 14981661 | ARRAY POWERED SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEM | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20170093329A1 | Soren Jensen | United States | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA |
| 2015-12-17 | 14973503 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SOLAR PANELS USING BUSBARLESS PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20170179320A1 | Christoph G. Erben | United States | GARDNER, SHANNON M |
| 2015-12-16 | 14971632 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY LOW-COST SOLAR PANEL WITH PROTECTION CIRCUITRY | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20170179324A1 | Bobby Yang Jiunn Benjamin Heng | United States United States | GARDNER, SHANNON M |
| 2015-12-08 | 14962451 | PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES WITH ELECTRODES HAVING VARIABLE WIDTH AND HEIGHT | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20170162722A1 | Jianming Fu Jiunn Benjamin Heng Chunguang Xiao Yunlai Yuan | United States United States United States China | MARTIN, BETHANY LAMBRIGHT |
| 2015-12-04 | 14960283 | CHARGING PROFILES FOR A STORAGE DEVICE IN AN ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEM | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20160322835A1 | Eric Daniel Carlson Tara Elizabeth Hobbs Peter Rive | United States United States United States | MCDANIEL, TYNESE V |
| 2015-12-01 | 14956273 | FIELD-DEPLOYABLE SELF-CONTAINED PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEM | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20160352285A1 | Martin Seery Tyrus Hudson Katie Pesce | United States United States United States | AYAD, TAMIR |
| 2015-11-05 | 14933813 | DETERMINING AN ORIENTATION OF A METERING DEVICE IN AN ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEM | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20160131688A1 | Eric Daniel Carlson | United States | TRAN, MICHAEL THANH |
| 2015-10-27 | 14924625 | HIGH-EFFICIENCY PV PANEL WITH CONDUCTIVE BACKSHEET | SOLARCITY CORPORATION | Abandoned -- Failure to Pay Issue Fee | US20160163903A1 | Bobby Yang Peter P. Nguyen | United States United States | SLAWSKI, MAGALI P |
| 2015-10-19 | 14886184 | LEVELING FOOT APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20160043690A1 | Jack Raymond West | United States | LAUX, JESSICA L |
| 2015-08-21 | 14832831 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING STRUCTURES FOR ROOFTOP SOLAR PANEL INSTALLATION | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20170053043A1 | Jesse LaRue Travis Brier | United States United States | PHAN, THAI Q |
| 2015-08-20 | 14831767 | PHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTRODE DESIGN WITH CONTACT PADS FOR CASCADED APPLICATION | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20160233352A1 | Bobby Yang Peter P. Nguyen | United States United States | SCHMIEDEL, EDWARD |
| 2015-07-21 | 14805429 | MEASURING AND ASSESSING POWER GENERATED BY A RENEWABLE POWER SYSTEM | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20160098768A1 | Leland Price Chet McGensy | United States United States | KIRK, BRYAN J |
| 2015-07-20 | 14804306 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCRIBING PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20160158890A1 | Pablo Gonzalez Bobby Yang Peter Phuc Nguyen | United States United States United States | SABUR, ALIA |
| 2015-07-17 | 14802663 | SOLAR CELL WITH INTERDIGITATED BACK CONTACT | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20160020342A1 | Jiunn Benjamin Heng Zhigang Xie Zheng Xu | United States United States United States | BUCK, LINDSEY A |
| 2015-06-23 | 14748151 | DIRECT PROVISION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTRUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH AGGREGATED PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATIONS | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20160104138A1 | Timothy Newell John Witchel | United States United States | GLASS, RUSSELL S |
| 2015-05-06 | 14705845 | SOLAR CELL WITH A LOW-RESISTIVITY TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDE LAYER | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20160329443A1 | Wei Wang Christopher Y. Liao Jianming Fu Zheng Xu | United States United States United States United States | CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M |
| 2015-05-06 | 14705768 | TECHNIQUES FOR FACILITATING ELECTRICAL DESIGN OF AN ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEM | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20150317414A1 | Travis Z. Brier Michael Lazzareschi Peter Rive | United States United States United States | HANN, JAY B |
| 2015-02-18 | 14625216 | PIVOT-FIT CONNECTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20150222222A1 | Jack Raymond West | United States | LAUX, JESSICA L |
| 2015-02-09 | 14617239 | PIVOT-FIT CONNECTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20150155820A1 | Jack Raymond West | United States | LAUX, JESSICA L |
| 2015-02-09 | 14617143 | PIVOT-FIT CONNECTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20150222221A1 | Jack Raymond West | United States | LAUX, JESSICA L |
| 2015-02-03 | 14612783 | Solar Photovoltaic Module Clamping System | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20150325738A1 | Martin Seery Ty Hudson | United States United States | SALONE, BAYAN |
| 2014-12-19 | 14577222 | Imitation Solar Module For Use In A Staggered Or Irregularly Shaped Solar Array | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20150303865A1 | Jack Raymond West Alex Haines Kyle Tripp | United States United States United States | GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA |
| 2014-11-03 | 14531155 | PIVOT-FIT FRAME, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES | Solarcity Corporation | Abandoned -- After Examiner's Answer or Board of Appeals Decision | US20150075590A1 | Jack Raymond West | United States | LAUX, JESSICA L |
| 2014-09-25 | 14496497 | Heliostat Repositioning System and Method | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20150007870A1 | Thomas Joseph Currier | United States | JONES, LOGAN P |
| 2014-08-14 | 14459580 | Optical Differential Solar Tracking System | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Pay Issue Fee | US20160047877A1 | Salomon J. Trujillo Kevin C. Chu | United States United States | CHAVEZ, RENEE D |
| 2014-08-06 | 14453329 | Ground Mount Structure With Mounting Assemblies And Central Quick-Mount Rail | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20150040965A1 | Jack Raymond West Brian Atchley Tyrus Hawkes Hudson | United States United States United States | WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE |
| 2014-06-09 | 14299034 | Pivot Framing System For Dual Glass Photovoltaic Modules | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20140360558A1 | Jack Raymond West Nathaniel Taylor Coleman | United States United States | MCCLAIN, WILLIAM E |
| 2014-05-06 | 14271212 | BACK JUNCTION SOLAR CELL WITH TUNNEL OXIDE | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20140283902A1 | Jiunn Benjamin Heng Jianming Fu Zheng Xu Zhigang Xie | United States United States United States United States | MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK |
| 2014-02-28 | 14194607 | Apparatus, System, and Method for Photovoltaic-Related Wire Management | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20140326838A1 | John Raymond West Brian West | United States United States | FONSECA, JESSIE T |
| 2014-02-14 | 14181440 | SHADE CALCULATION FOR SOLAR INSTALLATION | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20150234943A1 | Travis Brier Maciej Kicinski Michael Lazzareschi Damien Scott | United States United States United States United States | GUILL, RUSSELL L |
| 2014-02-04 | 14172885 | Monorail vehicle apparatus with trucks designed to accommodate movement along curved rail sections | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20150217788A1 | John S. Camp Benjamin D. Sumers Ryan P. Feeley Kevin T. Mori Daniel I. Fukuba Wasiq Bokhari Vayardo L. Ruiz | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | MCCARRY JR, ROBERT J |
| 2013-08-07 | 13961723 | Method and Apparatus for Forming and Mounting a Photovoltaic Array | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20140182662A1 | John R. West Tyrus Hudson Brian West | United States United States United States | FONSECA, JESSIE T |
| 2013-08-07 | 13960835 | Skirt and Other Devices for Photovoltaic Arrays | SolarCity Corporation | Abandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office Action | US20140158184A1 | Jack Raymond West Tyrus Hawkes Hudson Emil Johansen Ian Capsuto Chad Medcroft Nate Coleman Brian West Brian Atchley | United States United States United States United States United States United States United States United States | BUCKLE JR, JAMES J |