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SOLARCITY CORP Patents: Applications Rejected

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.
FiledApplicationInventionApplicantStatusPublished asInventor nameInventor countryExaminer
2018-03-2315934895TILING FORMAT PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY SYSTEMSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20180278198A1
Jason Fisher
United States
MOWLA, GOLAM
2017-12-2115850263Power Factor Adjustment in Multi-Phase Power SystemSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20180138823A1
Paul Garrity
Aaron M. Jungreis
United States
United States
KESSIE, DANIEL
2017-12-1115838322SOLAR PANEL FIRE SKIRTSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20180099166A1
Julian Ryba-White
Damien Scott
Ben Tarbell
United States
United States
United States
DANDRIDGE, CHRISTOPHER R.
2017-03-2115465419SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLEAVING PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20180190860A1
Seth M. Winger
Bobby Yang
Peter P. Nguyen
Zheng Xu
United States
United States
United States
United States
ALAM, MOHAMMED R
2017-01-0615400874PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES WITH SEGMENTED BUSBARS FOR INCREASED THERMAL CYCLING RELIABILITYSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20180198008A1
Scott Tripp
Milan Padilla
United States
United States
MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK
2016-12-2115387578ALIGNMENT MARKERS FOR PRECISION AUTOMATION OF MANUFACTURING SOLAR PANELS AND METHODS OF USESolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20180175233A1
Anand Junuthula Reddy
Godfrey S. Suarez
United States
United States
BOURKE, ALLISON
2016-12-0115366983LOW-COST HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR MODULE USING EPITAXIAL SI THIN-FILM ABSORBER AND DOUBLE-SIDED HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELL WITH INTEGRATED MODULE FABRICATIONSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20170148943A1
Jiunn Benjamin Heng
Chentao Yu
Zheng Xu
Jianming Fu
Peijun Ding
United States
United States
United States
United States
United States
BAUMANN, LIESL C
2016-11-2915363901ANTI-CORROSION PROTECTION IN PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20180151766A1
Christoph G. Erben
Milan Padilla
Zhi-Wen Sun
United States
United States
United States
MARTIN, MATTHEW T
2016-11-1815356367SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING LAYOUT OF DEVICES IN SOLAR INSTALLATIONSSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20170070051A1
Asim Mumtaz
United Kingdom
ALHIJA, SAIF A
2016-11-0815346573SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TIN PLATING METAL ELECTRODESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20170194517A1
Christoph G. Erben
Zhi-Wen Sun
United States
United States
CONTRERAS, CIEL P
2016-10-1415294183APPARATUS FOR ELECTROPLATING OF ELECTRODES ON PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20170110622A1
Nicholas G. J. de Vries
Zhi-Wen Sun
United States
United States
KEELING, ALEXANDER W
2016-10-1415294042COLORED PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20170345954A1
Yangsen Kang
Zhigang Xie
Jianhua Hu
Zheng Xu
United States
United States
United States
United States
BAUMANN, LIESL C
2016-10-1015289529CORROSION RESISTANT PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20180102452A1
Zhi-Wen Sun
Jianming Fu
United States
United States
CARLSON, KOURTNEY SALZMAN
2016-09-0915261507ANTI-CORROSION PROTECTION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20170077320A1
Zhi-Wen Sun
Jianming Fu
United States
United States
GOLDEN, ANDREW J
2016-09-0215256357HANDLING OF STACKED SUBSTRATESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20180065820A1
Valeriy S. Litvak
United States
GONZALEZ, LUIS A
2016-08-2315244885METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRICAL CONTACT FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20180062008A1
Zhigang Xie
Yangsen Kang
Phillip M. Wu
Jianhua Hu
United States
United States
United States
United States
GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA
2016-07-1515211188WIRE CLIP FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20180019703A1
Charles Bernardo Almy
Brian Despard West
United States
United States
BAKHTIARI, NIKI
2016-07-1315209307GRIDLESS PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS AND METHODS OF PRODUCING A STRING USING THE SAMESolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20180019349A1
Christoph G. Erben
United States
MCCLAIN, WILLIAM E
2016-03-1615072200SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING A PATTERN ON A PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURESolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20170271536A1
Christoph G. Erben
Zhi-Wen Sun
United States
United States
KOLAHDOUZAN, HAJAR
2016-03-0415061936RADIO-FREQUENCY SPUTTERING SYSTEM WITH ROTARY TARGET FOR FABRICATING SOLAR CELLSSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Pay Issue FeeUS20160189940A1
Zhigang Xie
Wei Wang
Zheng Xu
Jianming Fu
United States
United States
United States
United States
MCDONALD, RODNEY GLENN
2016-03-0215059148METHOD OF MANUFACTURING PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS WITH VARIOUS GEOMETRICAL SHAPESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20170256661A1
Zheng Xu
United States
SCHMIEDEL, EDWARD
2016-01-1514997313DYNAMIC SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR QUARTZ PROCESS CHAMBERSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20160133778A1
Robert T. Trujillo
Steven C. Beese
Yan Rozenzon
United States
United States
United States
LUND, JEFFRIE ROBERT
2015-12-3014985356METHODS FOR MOUNTING A JUNCTION BOX ON A GLASS SOLAR MODULE WITH CUTOUTSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20170194900A1
Christoph Erben
Scott Tripp
United States
United States
SCHMIEDEL, EDWARD
2015-12-3014985338SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROUTING WIRES IN A SOLAR MODULESolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20170170336A1
Bobby Yang
Lilja Magnusdottir
Peter Nguyen
United States
United States
United States
HORTON, DUJUAN A
2015-12-3014985263SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20160359080A1
Yongkee Chae
Jianming Fu
United States
United States
MILLER, JR, JOSEPH ALBERT
2015-12-3014985223ADVANCED DESIGN OF METALLIC GRID IN PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20170194516A1
Anand J. Reddy
Jiunn Benjamin Heng
United States
United States
GOLDEN, ANDREW J
2015-12-2814981661ARRAY POWERED SOLAR TRACKING SYSTEMSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20170093329A1
Soren Jensen
United States
GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA
2015-12-1714973503SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING SOLAR PANELS USING BUSBARLESS PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20170179320A1
Christoph G. Erben
United States
GARDNER, SHANNON M
2015-12-1614971632HIGH-EFFICIENCY LOW-COST SOLAR PANEL WITH PROTECTION CIRCUITRYSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20170179324A1
Bobby Yang
Jiunn Benjamin Heng
United States
United States
GARDNER, SHANNON M
2015-12-0814962451PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURES WITH ELECTRODES HAVING VARIABLE WIDTH AND HEIGHTSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20170162722A1
Jianming Fu
Jiunn Benjamin Heng
Chunguang Xiao
Yunlai Yuan
United States
United States
United States
China
MARTIN, BETHANY LAMBRIGHT
2015-12-0414960283CHARGING PROFILES FOR A STORAGE DEVICE IN AN ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20160322835A1
Eric Daniel Carlson
Tara Elizabeth Hobbs
Peter Rive
United States
United States
United States
MCDANIEL, TYNESE V
2015-12-0114956273FIELD-DEPLOYABLE SELF-CONTAINED PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SYSTEMSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20160352285A1
Martin Seery
Tyrus Hudson
Katie Pesce
United States
United States
United States
AYAD, TAMIR
2015-11-0514933813DETERMINING AN ORIENTATION OF A METERING DEVICE IN AN ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20160131688A1
Eric Daniel Carlson
United States
TRAN, MICHAEL THANH
2015-10-2714924625HIGH-EFFICIENCY PV PANEL WITH CONDUCTIVE BACKSHEETSOLARCITY CORPORATIONAbandoned -- Failure to Pay Issue FeeUS20160163903A1
Bobby Yang
Peter P. Nguyen
United States
United States
SLAWSKI, MAGALI P
2015-10-1914886184LEVELING FOOT APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20160043690A1
Jack Raymond West
United States
LAUX, JESSICA L
2015-08-2114832831SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING STRUCTURES FOR ROOFTOP SOLAR PANEL INSTALLATIONSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20170053043A1
Jesse LaRue
Travis Brier
United States
United States
PHAN, THAI Q
2015-08-2014831767PHOTOVOLTAIC ELECTRODE DESIGN WITH CONTACT PADS FOR CASCADED APPLICATIONSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20160233352A1
Bobby Yang
Peter P. Nguyen
United States
United States
SCHMIEDEL, EDWARD
2015-07-2114805429MEASURING AND ASSESSING POWER GENERATED BY A RENEWABLE POWER SYSTEMSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20160098768A1
Leland Price
Chet McGensy
United States
United States
KIRK, BRYAN J
2015-07-2014804306SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCRIBING PHOTOVOLTAIC STRUCTURESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20160158890A1
Pablo Gonzalez
Bobby Yang
Peter Phuc Nguyen
United States
United States
United States
SABUR, ALIA
2015-07-1714802663SOLAR CELL WITH INTERDIGITATED BACK CONTACTSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20160020342A1
Jiunn Benjamin Heng
Zhigang Xie
Zheng Xu
United States
United States
United States
BUCK, LINDSEY A
2015-06-2314748151DIRECT PROVISION OF PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTRUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH AGGREGATED PHOTOVOLTAIC INSTALLATIONSSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20160104138A1
Timothy Newell
John Witchel
United States
United States
GLASS, RUSSELL S
2015-05-0614705845SOLAR CELL WITH A LOW-RESISTIVITY TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDE LAYERSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20160329443A1
Wei Wang
Christopher Y. Liao
Jianming Fu
Zheng Xu
United States
United States
United States
United States
CHOUDHRY, MOHAMMAD M
2015-05-0614705768TECHNIQUES FOR FACILITATING ELECTRICAL DESIGN OF AN ENERGY GENERATION SYSTEMSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20150317414A1
Travis Z. Brier
Michael Lazzareschi
Peter Rive
United States
United States
United States
HANN, JAY B
2015-02-1814625216PIVOT-FIT CONNECTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20150222222A1
Jack Raymond West
United States
LAUX, JESSICA L
2015-02-0914617239PIVOT-FIT CONNECTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20150155820A1
Jack Raymond West
United States
LAUX, JESSICA L
2015-02-0914617143PIVOT-FIT CONNECTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULESSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20150222221A1
Jack Raymond West
United States
LAUX, JESSICA L
2015-02-0314612783Solar Photovoltaic Module Clamping SystemSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20150325738A1
Martin Seery
Ty Hudson
United States
United States
SALONE, BAYAN
2014-12-1914577222Imitation Solar Module For Use In A Staggered Or Irregularly Shaped Solar ArraySolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20150303865A1
Jack Raymond West
Alex Haines
Kyle Tripp
United States
United States
United States
GONZALEZ RAMOS, MAYLA
2014-11-0314531155PIVOT-FIT FRAME, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULESSolarcity CorporationAbandoned -- After Examiner's Answer or Board of Appeals DecisionUS20150075590A1
Jack Raymond West
United States
LAUX, JESSICA L
2014-09-2514496497Heliostat Repositioning System and MethodSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20150007870A1
Thomas Joseph Currier
United States
JONES, LOGAN P
2014-08-1414459580Optical Differential Solar Tracking SystemSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Pay Issue FeeUS20160047877A1
Salomon J. Trujillo
Kevin C. Chu
United States
United States
CHAVEZ, RENEE D
2014-08-0614453329Ground Mount Structure With Mounting Assemblies And Central Quick-Mount RailSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20150040965A1
Jack Raymond West
Brian Atchley
Tyrus Hawkes Hudson
United States
United States
United States
WALRAED-SULLIVAN, KYLE
2014-06-0914299034Pivot Framing System For Dual Glass Photovoltaic ModulesSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20140360558A1
Jack Raymond West
Nathaniel Taylor Coleman
United States
United States
MCCLAIN, WILLIAM E
2014-05-0614271212BACK JUNCTION SOLAR CELL WITH TUNNEL OXIDESolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20140283902A1
Jiunn Benjamin Heng
Jianming Fu
Zheng Xu
Zhigang Xie
United States
United States
United States
United States
MALLEY JR., DANIEL PATRICK
2014-02-2814194607Apparatus, System, and Method for Photovoltaic-Related Wire ManagementSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20140326838A1
John Raymond West
Brian West
United States
United States
FONSECA, JESSIE T
2014-02-1414181440SHADE CALCULATION FOR SOLAR INSTALLATIONSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20150234943A1
Travis Brier
Maciej Kicinski
Michael Lazzareschi
Damien Scott
United States
United States
United States
United States
GUILL, RUSSELL L
2014-02-0414172885Monorail vehicle apparatus with trucks designed to accommodate movement along curved rail sectionsSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20150217788A1
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
2013-08-0713961723Method and Apparatus for Forming and Mounting a Photovoltaic ArraySolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20140182662A1
John R. West
Tyrus Hudson
Brian West
United States
United States
United States
FONSECA, JESSIE T
2013-08-0713960835Skirt and Other Devices for Photovoltaic ArraysSolarCity CorporationAbandoned -- Failure to Respond to an Office ActionUS20140158184A1
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